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paragonimiasis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
parag-o-nimi-a-sis
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Paragonimus + -iasis

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

paragonimiases (plural)

Questions

What does paragonimiasis mean?
A food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.
Where does paragonimiasis come from?
Paragonimus + -iasis

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