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Definition of Favus
1. Noun. A contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East.
Definition of Favus
1. n. A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.
Definition of Favus
1. Noun. (medicine) A severe, chronic infection of ringworm. ¹
2. Noun. A tile or flagstone cut into a hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Favus
1. a skin disease [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Favus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Favus
Literary usage of Favus
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.) (1894)
"Cultures prepared from crusts experimentally obtained differ slightly from those
employed to produce the crusts. The apparently different favus cultures ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1892)
"These differences—which would strike at once even those who have not had much
experience of favus—I demonstrated with Dr. Williams' kind permission, ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson records a very severe example of favus, with peculiarities,
occurring in a boy of fourteen, who presented the following condition. ..."
4. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"favus of fowls is a contagious skin disease of chickens which chiefly affects
the unfeathered portion of the integument of the head, producing a mouldy ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1879)
"OF the different forms of epiphytic disease of the skin, favus is by far the
rarest, and except at large hospitals or in special institutions the ..."
6. On Diseases of the Skin, Including the Exanthemata by Ferdinand Hebra, Charles Hilton Fagge, Moriz Kaposi (1880)
"The conformation of the favus body can now easily be understood from the local
... Owing to the continued growth of the favus mass, the epidermic layers ..."
7. On Diseases of the Skin by Erasmus Wilson (1857)
"To these, the special characters of favus, may be added, ... favus is a disease
of the scalp ; but, in some few instances, has been observed on other parts ..."
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