Medical Definition of Phytosis
1. A disease process caused by infection with a vegetable organism, such as a fungus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phytosis
Literary usage of Phytosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Diseases of the Skin: For the Use of Students and by Henry Granger Piffard (1876)
"phytosis VERSICOLOR. This affection is usually called Pityriasis Versicolor. ...
I have therefore chosen the name phytosis proposed by WILSON ' as ..."