mycotic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- postmycotic adjective
- premycotic adjective
Etymology
Origin of mycotic
Example Sentences
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When Candida auris was first spreading, said Meghan Marie Lyman, a CDC medical epidemiologist for the mycotic diseases branch, the cases were linked to people who had traveled to the U.S. from other places.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Dr. Meghan Lyman, a medical officer in the mycotic diseases branch of the C.D.C., said that the agency did not have a good sense of how many deaths to attribute to the fungus.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023
The fungus apparently “arrived in the United States only in the past few years,” said Tom Chiller, chief of the CDC’s mycotic diseases branch.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2016
There are also disease-producing fungi which are responsible for certain affections in horses; among these the most important are mycotic lymphangitis, or sporotrichosis, and streptotrichosis.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Page and Frothingham were first to recognize its mycotic nature in the United States.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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