What does "mycosis" mean?

An infection caused by a fungus.

Mycosis

Q: What is a synonym for "mycosis"?

Common synonyms include: fungal infection, botanical fungal disease, cutaneous infection, deep fungal infection, dermal mycosis, disseminated fungal infection.

/maɪˈkoʊsɪs/ noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
An infection caused by a fungus. countable, uncountable
2
an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fungal infection botanical fungal disease cutaneous infection deep fungal infection dermal mycosis disseminated fungal infection

Antonyms

All antonyms

deep fungal infection disease-free plant health healthy plant

Etymology

From myc- + -osis.

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