mycetoma

[ mahy-si-toh-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.

, plural my·ce·to·mas, my·ce·to·ma·ta [mahy-si-, toh, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.

mycetoma

/ ˌmaɪsɪˈtəʊmə /

noun

1. a chronic fungal infection, esp of the foot, characterized by swelling, usually resulting from a wound

Other Words From

• myce·toma·tous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mycetoma¹

1870–75; < Greek mykēt- ( mycetism ) + -oma

Example Sentences

In Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Ahmed Fahal, directs the Mycetoma Research Centre — the world’s only research centre devoted to a potentially lethal condition caused by flesh-eating fungi and bacteria.

From Nature

Last May, the World Health Organization added mycetoma to their list of tropical diseases that require attention.

From Nature

He had planned to talk with scientists from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about monitoring mycetoma, and to find collaborators from universities in the United States, India and Nigeria.

From Nature

Although mycetoma afflicts impoverished people in at least 23 countries, vanishingly little is known about the malady and there’s no reliable cure.

From Nature

Transcriber's note: Changed "dioxid" to "dioxide" in several places Made hyphenation of various words consistent Page 74: Corrected misspelling of Phlegmona Page 135: Corrected misspelling of quantity Page 138: changed ',' to '.' at end of sentence Page 208: aquæ rosae changed to aquæ rosæ Page 210: Fixed typographical error "symptyms" into "symptoms" Page 212: Fixed typographical error "Decribe mycetoma" into "Describe mycetoma" Page 213: Fixed typographical error "iodid" into "iodide"    

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