blastomycete

1. 1.

   any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals

   Broaderfungus

Other forms of blastomycete

plural

blastomycetes·

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 blastomycete

What does blastomycete mean?

blastomycete means "any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals".

How many syllables are in blastomycete?

blastomycete has 4 syllables and divides as bla-sto-my-cete under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.