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Definition: SYCOSIS |
SYCOSISNoun1. A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo. |
Etymology: Sycosis \Sy*co"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from fig.]. (Websters 1913) |
"SYCOSIS" is a common misspelling or typo for: mycosis, psychosis, synopsis. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A chronic pustular perifolliculitis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SYCOSIS |
| English words defined with "SYCOSIS": Barber's itch ♦ Chin whelk ♦ Mentagra. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SYCOSIS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (sycosis). |
| "SYCOSIS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SYCOSIS" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sycosis | 5 |
barbae sycosis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SYCOSIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sikos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | من أمراض الشعر, قوباء الذقن مرض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сикоза. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zánìt kùže. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sycosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sycosis, sycose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sycosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sykosis, Sykose, Sycosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύκωσις του γενείου (barber's itch, sycosis of the beard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "בללת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szõrtüszõgyulladás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sicosi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ycosissay sicose. (various references) сикоз. (various references) sikoza. (various references) sicosis. (various references) сикоз. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "SYCOSIS" (pronounced 'Sy*co"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-o-s-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: cissy, sissy. | |
-3 letters: coss, cosy, coys, sics, soys. | |
-4 letters: cis, cos, coy, icy, sic, sis, sos, soy. | |
-5 letters: is, os, oy, si, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-o-s-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: psychosis. | |
+3 letters: rescissory. | |
+4 letters: schistosity, vichyssoise. | |
+5 letters: astrophysics, cystoscopies, glycosidases, pseudocyesis, scyphistomas, spasmolytics, suspiciously, symposiarchs, synchronises, synchronisms, vichyssoises. | |
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