roundworm

Other forms of roundworm

plural

roundworms·

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 roundworm

What does roundworm mean?

roundworm means "infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roundworm?

roundworm has 2 syllables: roun-dworm. The stress falls on "roun". In IPA it is /ˈɹaʊndwɚm/.

What is another word for roundworm?

Close synonyms include tinea, ringworm, nematode, nematode worm. 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 roundworm a common word?

roundworm 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.