echinococcosis

What does echinococcosis mean?

echinococcosis means "infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms)".

How many syllables are in echinococcosis?

echinococcosis has 6 syllables and divides as e-chi-no-coc-co-sis 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.

What is another word for echinococcosis?

Close synonyms include hydatid disease, hydatidosis. 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 echinococcosis a common word?

echinococcosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for echinococcosis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.