Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taeniasis

/tiˈnaɪ.ə.sɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tae-ni-a-sis
IPA: /tiˈnaɪ.ə.sɪs/

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin taen(ia) (from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon, tapeworm”)) + -iasis (““pathological or morbid condition””)

Word Breakdown

Suffix: iasis

Usage

Inflected Forms

taeniases (plural) tæniasis (alternative) teniasis (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

taenicide taenifuge anthelmintic cysticercosis echinococcosis vermifuge

Questions

How do you pronounce taeniasis?: The recorded pronunciation is /tiˈnaɪ.ə.sɪs/.
What does taeniasis mean?: An infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.
Where does taeniasis come from?: From Latin taen(ia) (from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon, tapeworm”)) + -iasis (““pathological or morbid condition””)

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