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bancroftian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ban-crof-tian
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Caused by the roundworm Wuchereria bancrofti

adj

Alternative form of bancroftian.

Etymology

From Bancroft + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does bancroftian mean?
Caused by the roundworm Wuchereria bancrofti
Where does bancroftian come from?
From Bancroft + -ian.

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