mycotic

[mahy-kot-ik]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or caused by a fungus.

Other Word Forms

• postmycotic adjective
• premycotic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mycotic¹

myc- + -otic

Example Sentences

When Candida auris was first spreading, said Meghan Marie Lyman, a CDC medical epidemiologist for the mycotic diseases branch, the cases were linked to people who had traveled to the U.S. from other places.

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Dr. Meghan Lyman, a medical officer in the mycotic diseases branch of the C.D.C., said that the agency did not have a good sense of how many deaths to attribute to the fungus.

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“It’s far-fetched,” says Tom Chiller, chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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“We have got several drugs with new mechanisms of action and they look really good,” says Tom Chiller, who heads the mycotic diseases branch at the U.S.

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Stat News published a piece Tuesday that mentions the new study but also addresses a series of pressing questions about the emerging superbug with help from experts who include Tom Chiller, chief of mycotic diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Tejas Bouklas, an assistant professor in the department of biomedical sciences at Long Island University.

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