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mycetoma

[mahy-si-toh-muh]
noun, plural my·ce·to·mas, my·ce·to·ma·ta [mahy-si-toh-muh-tuh] /ˌmaɪ sɪˈtoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.
  1. a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
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Origin of mycetoma

1870–75; < Greek mykēt- (see mycetism) + -oma
Also called maduramycosis.
Related formsmy·ce·to·ma·tous, adjective
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Examples from the Web for mycetoma

Historical Examples

  • The lesions in the bones resulting from actinomycosis and from mycetoma, have been described with these diseases.

    Manual of Surgery

    Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for mycetoma

mycetoma

noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)
  1. a chronic fungal infection, esp of the foot, characterized by swelling, usually resulting from a wound
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mycetoma in Medicine

mycetoma

(mī′sĭ-tō′mə)
n.
  1. A chronic, slowly progressing bacterial or fungal infection usually of the foot or leg, characterized by nodules that discharge an oily pus.Madura boil
  2. A tumor produced by filamentous fungi.
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Related formsmy′ce•to′ma•tous (-tō′mə-təs, -tŏm′ə-) adj.
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