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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paucibacillary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pau-cibacil-lary
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having few bacilli

Etymology

From pauci- + bacillary.

Word Breakdown

Antonyms

pluribacillary

Questions

What does paucibacillary mean?
Having few bacilli
Where does paucibacillary come from?
From pauci- + bacillary.

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