demodex
/ˈdiməˌdɛks/noun
demodex is a noun meaning “Any of the genus Demodex of mites” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-M-O-D-E-X, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of demodex is demodexes or demodices.
What does demodex mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Demodex of mites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce demodex?
- /ˈdiməˌdɛks/
- /ˈdɛməˌdɛks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of demodex
- demodexes plural
- demodices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is demodex?
Demodex appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
Demodex in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Haarbalgmilbe |
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 demodex come from?
Borrowed from translingual Demodex, from Ancient Greek δημός (dēmós, “fat”, noun) + δήξ (dḗx, “worm in wood”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).