chytridiomycosis
noun
chytridiomycosis is a noun meaning “An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-Y-T-R-I-D-I-O-M-Y-C-O-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chytridiomycosis is chytridiomycoses.
What does chytridiomycosis mean?
noun
- 1
An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chytridiomycosis
- chytridiomycoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chytridiomycosis?
Chytridiomycosis appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate chytridiomycosis?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of chytridiomycosis: chytrid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chytridiomycosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disease of amphibians:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chytridiomycose |
| German | Chytridiomykose |
| Portuguese | quitridiomicose |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chytridiomycosis come from?
From chytridio- + mycosis, from Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), and μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).