favus

American  

[fey-vuhs] / ˈfeɪ vəs /

noun

• favuses,
  plural
• favi
  plural

1. Pathology. a skin disease, especially of the scalp, characterized by dry yellow encrustations that have an unpleasant odor, usually caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii.

2. a hexagonal paving tile or stone.

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favus British  

/ ˈfeɪvəs /

noun

1. an infectious fungal skin disease of man and some domestic animals, characterized by formation of a honeycomb-like mass of roundish dry cup-shaped crusts

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• favi
  plural
• favuses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of favus

1705–10; < New Latin, special use of Latin favus honeycomb

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

favus favi

He had indeed contracted the eye disease favus on the Giulia.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

They avoided passengers who seemed to be suffering from trachoma or favus.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

It diagnosed the C of conjunctivitis, the F of favus, and the T of trachoma.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Upon the general surface it usually responds readily to treatment, excepting favus of the nails, which is always obstinate.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

Closely allied to this is epithelic morbid influence—namely, that of the parasites producing certain affections of the skin, as itch, favus, etc.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

A faracula of candied ginger is twenty-eight favi.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

A bahar of the best pepper 400 favi.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

An almenum of saffron sells for eighty favi: the almenum exceeds the Portuguese pound two aratollae and a half, and is therefore equal to about three Venetian pounds.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

As to those things which are carried from Europe for sale at Calicut, a faracula of brass sells for forty-five favi.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

In the city of Calicut a bahar of nutmegs is sold for 450 favi .

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr