enterobiasis

1. 1.

   an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children

   Broaderinfestationinfection

Other forms of enterobiasis

plural

enterobiasises·

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 enterobiasis

What does enterobiasis mean?

enterobiasis means "an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children".

How many syllables are in enterobiasis?

enterobiasis has 6 syllables: en-te-ro-bi-a-sis. The stress falls on "bi".

Is enterobiasis a common word?

enterobiasis 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.