sycosis

American  

[sahy-koh-sis] / saɪˈkoʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. an inflammatory disease of the hair follicles, characterized by a pustular eruption.

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sycosis British  

/ saɪˈkəʊsɪs /

noun

1. chronic inflammation of the hair follicles, esp those of the beard, caused by a staphylococcal infection

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Etymology

Origin of sycosis

1570–80; < New Latin < Greek sȳ́kōsis, equivalent to sŷk ( on ) fig + -ōsis -osis

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Example Sentences

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sycosis

In tinea sycosis, or ringworm sycosis, the history of the case is different.

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

Circumscribed epidermic elevations containing pus; as, for example, the pustules of acne, of impetigo, and of sycosis.

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

The superficial type of ringworm sycosis is readily distinguished by the ring-like character of the patches.

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

The next miasmatic generator is sycosis, or the disposition to warty excrescences; but this source of disease Hahnemann does not consider so prolific as syphilis, or his favourite psora.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

How is ringworm of the bearded region to be distinguished from eczema and sycosis?

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

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