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noun
An infection caused by a fungus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fungal infection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zymosis
Narrower terms: blastomycosis, tinea, ringworm, roundworm, coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, valley fever, desert rheumatism, cryptococcosis, candidiasis, moniliasis, monilia disease, dermatomycosis, dermatophytosis, favus, keratomycosis, phycomycosis, sporotrichosis, rhinosporidiosis
History
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)der. English myc- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English mycosis From myc- + -osis.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
