MYCOSIS
\ma͡ɪkˈə͡ʊsɪs], \maɪkˈəʊsɪs], \m_aɪ_k_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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An infesting with fungi; a disease produced by vegetable micro-organisms. M. favosa, favus. M. framboesioides, framboesia and dermatitis papillaris capillitii. M. fungoides, a disease characterized by the formation upon the face, scalp, chest, and other parts of firm, well-defined, reddish, usually painful tumors, which tend to spread and to recur after excision, and are ultimately accompanied by great cachexia, and prove fatal after a course of several years. The tumors may ulcerate with the discharge of fetid pus. Pruritus is often marked. The disease is probably due to a microbe. Treatment, palliative. M. leptothricea, M. leptotrichea, a disease produced by Leptothrix, occurring especially in the tonsil and pharynx. M. microsporina, tinea versicolor. M. syphiloides, framboesia.
By Alexander Duane
By Sir Augustus Henry
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