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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| contagion | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| transmission | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| virus | /x | Noun |
| infected | x/x | Adjective |
| reinfection | xx/x | Noun |
| pathogen | /xx | Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun |
| outbreak | /x | Noun |
| infective | x/x | Adjective |
| bacterial | x/xx | Adjective |
| inflammation | xx/x | Noun |
| abscess | /x | Noun |
| sepsis | /x | Noun |
| infestation | x//x | Noun |
| meningitis | xx/x | Noun |
| contamination | xxx/x | Noun |
| pneumonia | x/x | Noun |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| fungus | /x | Noun |
| tuberculosis | xxx/x | Noun |
| parasite | /xx | Noun |
| pneumocystis | x/xx | Name |
| bacteria | x/xx | Noun |
| influenza | xx/x | Noun |
| fungal | /x | Adjective |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| mycosis | //x | Noun |
| lymphadenitis | xx/xx | Noun |
| chlamydial | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| epidemic | xx/x | Noun |
| syphilis | /xx | Noun |
| fever | /x | Noun |
| virulence | /xx | Noun |
| antibiotic | xxx/x | Noun |
| nosocomial | /x/xx | Adjective |
| pathogenicity | /xx/xx | Noun |
| cellulitis | xx/x | Noun |
| staph | / | Noun, Adjective |
| herpes | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| injury | /xx | Noun |
| bartonella | /x/x | Name |
| infiltration | xx/x | Noun |
| inoculation | xxx/x | Noun |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| injection | x/x | Noun |
| stigmatization | /xx/x | Noun |
| penetration | xx/x | Noun |
| wounding | /x | Noun |
| exudation | x//x | Noun |
| investigation | xxx/x | Noun |
| instillation | /x/x | Noun |
| insemination | xxx/x | Noun |
| inhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| admission | x/x | Noun |
| impregnation | x//x | Noun |
| insinuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| invention | x/x | Noun |
| vaccination | xx/x | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| attenuation | x/x/x | Noun |
| insertion | x/x | Noun |
| causation | x/x | Noun |
| innervation | /x/x | Noun |
| treatment | /x | Noun |
| acquisition | xx/x | Noun |
| input | /x | Noun |
| irritation | xx/x | Noun |
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| maturation | xx/x | Noun |
| nursing | /x | Noun |
| eating | /x | Noun |
| perforation | xx/x | Noun |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| incarnation | x//x | Noun |
| intrusion | x/x | Noun |
| colonization | xxx/x | Noun |
| vaccine | x/ | Noun |
| infusion | x/x | Noun |
| instigation | xx/x | Noun |
| examination | xxx/x | Noun |
| puncturing | /xx | Verb |
| intoxication | xxx/x | Noun |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| sterilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| ingestion | x/x | Noun |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| curing | /x | Noun |
| besetting | x/x | Verb |
| conjugation | xx/x | Noun |
| impingement | x/x | Noun |
| corrosion | x/x | Noun |
| irradiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| isolation | xx/x | Noun |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| inhalation | xx/x | Noun |
| aspergillus | x/xx | Adjective |
| cytomegalovirus | xxxxx/x | Adjective |
| viral | /x | Verb |
| adenovirus | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bloodstream | /x | Adjective |
| streptococcal | xx/x | Adjective |
| herpesvirus | /xxx | Adjective |
| rotavirus | /xxx | Adjective |
| mycobacterium | /xx/xx | Name |
| poliovirus | xxx/x | Adjective |
| hepatitis | xx/x | Adjective |
| staphylococcal | xxx/x | Adjective |
| subclinical | x/xx | Adjective |
| reactivation | //x/x | Noun |
| simplex | /x | Verb |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| aids | / | Noun, Adjective |
| allergy | /xx | Noun |
| amputation | xx/x | Noun |
| ante | /x | Noun, Verb |
| antepartum | xx/x | Adjective |
| bacteremia | x//xx | Noun |
| candidiasis | /x/xx | Noun |
| chemotherapy | xx/xx | Noun |
| circulatory | /xxxx | Noun, Adjective |
| colonisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| communicable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| condom | /x | Noun |
| contaminated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| contracting | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cooling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| decay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| doctor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ear | / | Noun, Verb |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| felon | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| germ | / | Noun, Verb |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| hemorrhagic fever | xx/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| hiv | / | Name |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| incidence | /xx | Noun |
| injured | /x | Adjective |
| itch | / | Noun, Verb |
| leishmaniasis | /x/xx | Noun |
| medicine | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| microorganisms | xx/xxx | Verb |
| migraine | /x | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun, Verb |
| pericarditis | /xx/x | Noun |
| perinatal | /x/x | Adjective |
| peritonitis | x/x/x | Noun |
| pollution | x/x | Noun |
| pregnancy | /xx | Noun |
| prevalence | /xx | Noun |
| prophylaxis | xx/x | Noun |
| puss | / | Noun |
| pyelonephritis | x/x//x | Noun |
| risk | / | Noun, Verb |
| sars | / | Name |
| scabies | /x | Noun |
| schistosomiasis | /xx/xx | Noun |
| septicaemia | /x/xx | Noun |
| septicemia | /x/xx | Noun |
| serologic | xx/x | Adjective |
| sick | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sore | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| spillover | /xx | Noun |
| spread | / | Verb, Noun |
| stench | / | Noun, Verb |
| sty | / | Noun, Verb |
| tetanus | /xx | Noun |
| toxoplasmosis | xxx/x | Noun |
| transplant | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| varicella | /x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
