x-disease
/ˈɛks.dɪ.ziz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In making a diagnosis of X-disease, one must consider the insidious onset, slow course, and number of animals affected."
- "At the time of its first occurrence, nothing was known about the cause of X-disease or whether it could be treated and cured."
- "Crankcase oils may contain chlorinated naphthalenes, which have been reported to contribute to "X-disease" (hyperkeratosis) in cattle."
- "For example, a 1940s claim attributed to DDT, without a shred of evidence, a mysterious cattle disease known as X-disease (discussed further in appendix 4)."
- "Transmission of X-disease was more erratic with peach than with chokecherry buds, possibly because only low titers of the X-disease mycoplasma-like organisms (MLO) are present in infected peach trees during most of the year."
- "Studies of the phytoplasma associated with choke cherry X-disease in North Dakota."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛks.dɪ.ziz/