Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chronic inflammation of the hair follicles, especially of the beard, characterized by eruption of pimples and nodules.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An eruption on the bearded face caused by an inflammation of the sebaceous follicles and hair-follicles.
- noun A fungous sore which resem-bles the pulp of a fig.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
pustular eruption that affects thescalp or thebearded part of theface
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sycosis.
Examples
-
You might think the injury has damaged his brain, but do note his explaination to his daughter of the difference between 'sycosis' and
Jog - The Blog 2009
-
Under these circumstances, a globule of Apis 30 will quiet the patient, and the action of the drug will achieve the cure without any further difficulty, and without much loss of time, unless psora, sycosis, syphilis, or vaccine-virus prevail in the organism, or sulphur, iodine or mercury had been previously given in large doses.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
-
Hereditary and constitutional taints of sycosis, scrofula, psora, syphilis; mercurianism, cinchonism, iodism and many other forms of chronic poisoning.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
-
The superficial type of ringworm sycosis is readily distinguished by the ring-like character of the patches.
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
-
#How would you exclude tinea sycosis in the diagnosis?
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
-
It is much more common in children than in those past the age of puberty, ringworm of the scalp being limited to the former (rare exceptions), and tinea sycosis being a disease of the male adult.
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
-
In tinea sycosis, or ringworm sycosis, the history of the case is different.
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
-
Ringworm of the bearded region (_tinea trichophytina barbæ_, _tinea sycosis_, _parasitic sycosis_, _barber's itch_) begins usually in the same manner as ringworm on other parts, as one or more rounded, slightly scaly, hyperæmic patches.
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
-
Treatment, which is usually unsatisfactory, consists of stimulating applications -- the same, in fact, as employed in sycosis, sulphur and ichthyol deserving special mention.
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
-
#How is ringworm of the bearded region to be distinguished from eczema and sycosis?
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
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.