Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treponematosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tre-pone-mato-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta.

Example Sentences

"Anderson (1969, 1982) and Møller-Christensen (1961, 1965), for instance, offered refined diagnostic criteria for recognizing leprosy in human remains based on their extensive clinical and archaeological knowledge, while Hackett (1976) and Rogers and Waldron (1995) closely examined skeletal manifestations of treponematosis and joint disease, respectively."

Etymology

Treponema + -osis

Word Breakdown

Suffix: osis

Inflected Forms

treponematoses (plural)

Questions

What does treponematosis mean?: Any of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta.
Where does treponematosis come from?: Treponema + -osis

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