chromoblastomycosis
- noun
- /ˌkroʊmoʊˌblæstəˌmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
- The patient was diagnosed with chromoblastomycosis after developing persistent, warty lesions on his leg.
Examples
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Treatment for chromoblastomycosis often requires long-term antifungal medication and sometimes surgical removal of lesions.
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Farmers working barefoot in tropical regions are at higher risk of contracting chromoblastomycosis.
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The patient was diagnosed with chromoblastomycosis last week.
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Many cases of chromoblastomycosis are reported in tropical regions.
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The patient was diagnosed with chromoblastomycosis after developing persistent, warty lesions on his leg.
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Farmers working barefoot in tropical regions are at higher risk of contracting chromoblastomycosis.
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Treatment for chromoblastomycosis often requires long-term antifungal medication and sometimes surgical removal of lesions.
Synonyms
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3.1
An illness a fungus causes in the body, often on the skin or nails
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9.6
A skin infection caused by a fungus that often affects warm, moist skin under clothes
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9.5
A disease in a person or animal caused by a fungus
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9.9
A skin infection caused by a fungus, often in warm, wet areas under clothing
Surface Forms
Morphology
chromoblastomycosis = blastomycosis (opaque) = chromo + blasto + myco + osis
Formally this is a prefixation of the existing disease name 'blastomycosis' by 'chromo-' (pigmented), which is transparent in medical terminology but not to general learners.
Etymology
Chromoblastomycosis is made of three parts: chromo- meaning 'color', blasto meaning 'bud' or 'small growth', and mycosis meaning 'fungal infection'. So it is a name for a fungal skin infection that makes small, often dark, warty bumps.