mycosis

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Noun

HYPHEN

my=co=sis

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mycosis has 1 sense

mycosis(n = noun.state) fungal infection - an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus; Array

is a kind of zymosis

has particulars: blastomycosis, ringworm, roundworm, tinea, coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever, cryptococcosis, candidiasis, monilia disease, moniliasis, dermatomycosis, dermatophytosis, favus, keratomycosis, phycomycosis, sporotrichosis, rhinosporidiosis

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

mycosis, n. any disease caused by a fungus, e.g. ringworm.

Derivative

mycotic adj.

Etymology

Gk mukes mushroom + -OSIS

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