Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chronic, slowly progressing bacterial or fungal infection usually of the foot or leg, characterized by nodules that discharge an oily pus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chronic disease of the feet and hands occurring in Hindustan.
- noun [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When traveling to subtropical or tropical regions, there is a risk for development a rare fungal infection known as mycetoma when injury from thorns or splinters occur.
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I can cause actinomycotic mycetoma or actinomycetoma or short.
Archive 2007-03-01 Emma Lurie 2007
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I can cause actinomycotic mycetoma or actinomycetoma or short.
Actinomyces isrealii Emma Lurie 2007
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Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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(_Synonyms: _ Fungous Foot of India; Madura Foot; Podelcoma.) #Decribe mycetoma.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Actinomycotic mycetoma bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) due Nocardia paraguayensis
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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