wassermann

Other forms of wassermann

plural

wassermanns·

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 wassermann

What does wassermann mean?

wassermann means "German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wassermann?

wassermann has 3 syllables: was-ser-mann. The stress falls on "was".

What is another word for wassermann?

Close synonyms include August von Wassermann, Wassermann test, Wasserman reaction. 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 wassermann a common word?

wassermann 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.