filarial

1. 1.

   related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria

Questions about filarial

What does filarial mean?

filarial means "related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria".

How many syllables are in filarial?

filarial has 4 syllables and divides as fi-la-ri-al 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.

Is filarial a common word?

filarial 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.