mycosis

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Jamieson reports a case of mycosis in a native of Aberdeenshire aged thirty-eight.

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  1. noun A fungal infection in or on a part of the body.
  2. noun A disease caused by a fungus.

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  • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiological agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, an important human systemic mycosis in Latin America. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Molds can infect dairy cattle causing a fungal disease, commonly known as mycosis. —  CattleNetwork
  • Jamieson reports a case of mycosis in a native of Aberdeenshire aged thirty-eight. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • Morris thought this case corresponded more to mycosis fungoides than any other malady. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • Our work underscores the need for an integrative approach that recognises multiple facets of parasitism, such as their extended phenotypes. acari allergy amanita animal ant antifeedant antifungal aspergillus basidiobolomycosis basidiobolus bats benomyl bibliography blastomyces blastomycosis calvatia canine chirodiscidae citeulike clitocybe colony connotea control cordyceps cost-analysis cryphonectria cryptococcus defense dimorphism discussion disease dog ecology evolution feeding fungi fungicide fungus gattii genome gigantea glucan hgt histoplasma horizontal horizontal_gene_transfer human hypovirus invasive kishino-hasegawa laboulbeniales langermannia library malassezia mechanism medical method mites molecular mucor mucormycosis mushroom mycorrhizae mycosis nomenclature ophiocordyceps oryzae paracoccidioides paracoccidioidomycosis pathogen pathogenesis pedagogy phalloides phylogenetics phylogeny plant poisoning preference puffball review rna schenckii science sea_lion selection silencing silibin sinusitis slug snail soil speciation species sporothrix suicide taxonomy teaching test transplant treatment ustilago vaccine veterinary virulence worm writing CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μύκης, a fungus, + -osis.
 

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/maɪˈkoʊsɪs/
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