Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vaginosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
vagi-nosis
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disease or infection of the vagina.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From vagina + -osis.

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Questions

What does vaginosis mean?
Any disease or infection of the vagina.
Where does vaginosis come from?
From vagina + -osis.

How to pronounce vaginosis

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