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Definition of Mycosis
1. Noun. An inflammatory condition caused by a fungus.
Generic synonyms: Zymosis
Specialized synonyms: Blastomycosis, Ringworm, Roundworm, Tinea, Coccidioidomycosis, Coccidiomycosis, Desert Rheumatism, Valley Fever, Cryptococcosis, Candidiasis, Monilia Disease, Moniliasis, Dermatomycosis, Dermatophytosis, Favus, Keratomycosis, Phycomycosis, Sporotrichosis, Rhinosporidiosis
Definition of Mycosis
1. Noun. (pathology) An infection caused by a fungus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mycosis
1. a disease caused by a fungus [n -COSES] : MYCOTIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Mycosis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycosis
Literary usage of Mycosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Ocular mycosis.—MORAX (Archiv. d'ophtal., October, 1910, p. 654) reports two new
cases ... The same author observed a third case of mycosis of the cornea. ..."
2. The Throat and nose and their diseases by Lennox Browne, Isaac Lennox Browne, Mayo Collier, James Cagney, Vitruvius Harold Wyatt Wingrave (1899)
"that, while hypertrophy of the tonsils tends to arrest sexual development, their
removal favours it. mycosis TONSILLARIS (mycosis BUCCALIS, ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1893)
"OBSERVATIONS ON A CASE OF mycosis FUNGOIDES. By W. ALLAN JAMIESON, MD, FROP,
Physician for Diseases of the Skin, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary ; Lecturer on ..."
4. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1901)
"In the early stage mycosis fungoides simulates several affections for which it
may be mistaken. The sharply defined limit "f its patches may distinguish it ..."
5. The Practical Application of the Röntgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis by William Allen Pusey, Eugene Wilson Caldwell (1903)
"Walker * states that Jamieson has treated with x-rays a case of mycosis fungoides
with very ... Scholtz f reports that in two cases of mycosis fungoides ..."
6. Diseases of the Nose and Throat by J. Price-Brown (1900)
"mycosis fungoides, a comparatively rare disease, when it does occur usually ...
"mycosis tonsillaris," "mycosis lingualis," etc., according to the mucous ..."
7. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1901)
"FRANCIS J. QUINLAN exhibited the following cases: mycosis of the Tonsil.
The patient was a young woman having a typical form of mycosis of the tonsil, ..."
8. Diseases of the skin: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by Henry Radcliffe Crocker (1888)
"Vidal and Brocq, " mycosis Fungoide," La France. Medicale, Nos. 79 to 85, tome
ii., 1885, gives a full account, with bibliography to date. ..."
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