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sporotrichosis

sporotrichosis

1 9.9
Long-lasting skin infection caused by a fungus that can spread to nearby lymph nodes
  • noun
  • /ˌspɔːrəˈtrɪkoʊsɪs/
  • Specialized
: esporotricosis
  • The doctor suspected sporotrichosis when the patient presented with unusual skin sores and swollen lymph nodes.

Examples

  • Another mycotic contamination that can be zoonotic is sporotrichosis.

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  • Farmers should take precautions to avoid sporotrichosis, especially when working with soil that may be infected.

  • After handling a contaminated plant, she developed sporotrichosis, which caused painful lesions on her skin.

Surface Forms

sporotrichosis singular
sporotrichoses plural

Morphology

sporotrichosis = Sporothrix (opaque) = sporotrich + osis

Formed from a scientific genus name (Sporothrix) plus the medical suffix '-osis'; the resulting technical disease name is not transparently interpretable by an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Sporotrichosis comes from the fungus name Sporothrix, which breaks into sporo- 'spore' and -thrix 'hair' because the fungus has tiny spore or hair-like parts. The ending -osis means 'disease', so sporotrichosis can be thought of as a 'spore-hair disease', which explains why it names a fungal illness of the skin and nearby glands.