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mycotic

American  
[mahy-kot-ik] / maɪˈkɒt ɪk /

adjective

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


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Etymology

Origin of mycotic

myc- + -otic

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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.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

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.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

The fungus apparently “arrived in the United States only in the past few years,” said Tom Chiller, chief of the CDC’s mycotic diseases branch.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

There are also disease-producing fungi which are responsible for certain affections in horses; among these the most important are mycotic lymphangitis, or sporotrichosis, and streptotrichosis.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

The erosions of the mouth are not so extensive and they heal more rapidly in mycotic stomatitis.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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