Lexic.us

Definition of Blastomyces

1. Noun. Genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi.

Medical Definition of Blastomyces

1. A deuteromycetous fungal genus, a species of which, blastomyces dermatitidis, causes blastomycosis. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastomyces

Literary usage of Blastomyces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"blastomyces coccidioides causes blastomycosis reported from portions of South America, and the western coast of the United States, particularly the San ..."

2. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"This form is of particular interest, because the budding or true blastomyces form very rarely occurs in the tissues, and multiplication is almost wholly ..."

3. The Philippine Journal of Scienceby Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"In addition, a few round bodies identified as blastomyces by their ... A few Gram-staining cocci were seen near the edge of the ulcer, but no blastomyces. ..."

4. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"Blastomycosis—involving ear only. state that under certain conditions blastomyces multiply by sporulation.1 The pathogenic rôle of the blastomyces has been ..."

5. Bacteriology by Arthur Isaac Kendall (1921)
"blastomyces—section of lung. forms are found in cultures, ... The variation in size within large groups of blastomyces is usually very considerable. ..."

6. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Many other observers claim to have isolated blastomyces from tumors and produced other tumors by inoculation, as Flimmer, Roncali, ..."

7. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"blastomyces coccidioides causes blastomycosis reported from portions of South America, and the western coast of the United States, particularly the San ..."

8. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"This form is of particular interest, because the budding or true blastomyces form very rarely occurs in the tissues, and multiplication is almost wholly ..."

9. The Philippine Journal of Scienceby Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"In addition, a few round bodies identified as blastomyces by their ... A few Gram-staining cocci were seen near the edge of the ulcer, but no blastomyces. ..."

10. Treatise on Diseases of the Skin for the Use of Advanced Students and by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1914)
"Blastomycosis—involving ear only. state that under certain conditions blastomyces multiply by sporulation.1 The pathogenic rôle of the blastomyces has been ..."

11. Bacteriology by Arthur Isaac Kendall (1921)
"blastomyces—section of lung. forms are found in cultures, ... The variation in size within large groups of blastomyces is usually very considerable. ..."

12. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Many other observers claim to have isolated blastomyces from tumors and produced other tumors by inoculation, as Flimmer, Roncali, ..."

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