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mycosis

mycosis

1 9.5
A disease in a person or animal caused by a fungus
  • noun
  • /maɪˈkoʊsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : micósis
  • Neutropenia was the only statistically significant difference found between patients with and without pulmonary mycosis.
  • mycosis lesions
  • oral mycosis
  • diagnosis of mycosis

Examples

  • He was treated for mycosis after being exposed to moldy environments during his research.

  • The doctor diagnosed her with a rare form of mycosis that affected her skin and nails.

  • We present two patients with mycosis fungoides of the tongue.

    Academic text (2007)
  • We report two cases of mycosis fungoides of the tongue.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Both patients had advanced tumor stage mycosis fungoides when they each developed a single tongue lesion.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The most common reported sites of oral mycosis fungoides involvement are the tongue and palate.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Although oral mycosis fungoides lesions have been rarely reported in the literature, incidental autopsy findings indicate a higher occurrence.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Biopsy of both patients' tongue lesions revealed mycosis fungoides of the tongue, which often portends poor prognosis.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Oral lesions appear to be a late manifestation of mycosis fungoides that arise, on average, eight years after the onset of cutaneous symptoms.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Histologically, the oral lesions of mycosis fungoides resemble the cutaneous lesions.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

fungal infection
vsmycosis
  • Specialized
5 3.1

An illness a fungus causes in the body, often on the skin or nails

refers specifically to an infection or disease in humans or animals

Antonyms

1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

Surface Forms

mycosis singular
mycoses plural

Morphology

mycosis = myco + osis

Formed from the bound combining form 'myco-' (fungus) plus the bound medical suffix '-osis' (disease); both elements are technical bound morphemes unfamiliar to a B1 learner, so the meaning is not predictable from common English vocabulary.

Etymology

The word mycosis comes from the root myco- meaning 'fungus' and the ending -osis meaning 'disease' or 'condition', so it names an illness caused by fungi. Think of the tiny fungi that make mushrooms or mould, which can cause this kind of infection.