moniliasis
American
[mon-uh-lahy-uh-sis, moh-nuh-]
/ ˌmɒn əˈlaɪ ə sɪs, ˌmoʊ nə- /
noun
Pathology.
Etymology
Origin of moniliasis
1915–20; monil(ia) + -iasis; a fungus of this genus was originally thought to have been the causative agent of the disease
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