snail fever

snail fe·ver

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sneyl fee-ver]
- /sneɪl ˈfi vər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sneyl fee-ver]
- /sneɪl ˈfi vər/

Definitions of snail fever words

noun snail fever schistosomiasis. 1
noun snail fever schistosomiasis 0

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Origin of snail fever

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50; so called because the parasites that cause the disease are carried by snails

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Parts of speech for Snail fever

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Snail fever

snail fever popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

snail fever usage trend in Literature

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