favus

American  

[fay-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

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Etymology

Origin of favus

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

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Example Sentences

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favus favi

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

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

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Tinea favosa, or favus, is a contagious vegetable-parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by pin-head to pea-sized, friable, umbilicated, cup-shaped yellow crusts, each usually perforated by a hair.

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

What is the course of favus of the scalp?

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

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

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

A faracula , or the twentieth part of a bahar of dried ginger, is six 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

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

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

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