alastrim

Other forms of alastrim

plural

alastrims·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alastrim

What does alastrim mean?

alastrim means "a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus".

How many syllables are in alastrim?

alastrim has 3 syllables: a-la-strim. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for alastrim?

Close synonyms include variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alastrim a common word?

alastrim is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.