mycosis
Americannoun
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the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
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the condition caused by the presence of such fungi.
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These fungi cause mycosis, or fungal infections, and some are more likely to infect those with weakened immune systems, causing anything ranging from allergies to blood infections.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
A mycosis is a fungal disease that results from infection and direct damage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
By similar means, Dr. Eugene Van Scott of Temple University in Philadelphia has produced regressions during the past four years in half of 75 patients with mycosis fungoides, a cancer that starts on the skin.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rare form of disease, heretofore looked upon as sarcomatous, but now generally recognized as granuloma, and formerly described under the names mycosis fungoides, inflammatory fungoid neoplasm, and several others.
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
Thomson describes a case of mycosis fungoides in a young girl of the age of fourteen, whom he saw in Brussels toward the end of October, 1893.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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