Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to mycosis.

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  • adjective Of or relating to a fungus
  • adjective Of or relating to mycosis

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Examples

  • So when you start talking about some sort of encephalitis, or encephalopathy, you know, you think someone who have been sick maybe for some time, if they had an infection, that was severe enough to cause mycotic aneurysms, which are basically aneurysms, weakening of the blood vessels caused by infection.

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009

  • I mean could she have had an endocarditis, with a mycotic aneurysms and a TIA on that basis?

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009

  • Many victims also had salsa, but that percentage was lower than those who ate tomatoes, said Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the CDC's division of foodborne, bacterial and mycotic diseases, in a conference call with reporters.

    Over 1,000 Sickened in Salmonella Outbreak 2008

  • Robert Tauxe, deputy director at the CDC's division of foodborne, bacterial and mycotic diseases, defended the early tomato focus.

    Hot Peppers Are Focus 2008

  • About 80% of victims in the early stages of the outbreak ate tomatoes before they got sick, said Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the CDC's foodborne, bacterial and mycotic diseases division.

    Salmonella Probe Looks Beyond Tomatoes 2008

  • The cerebral angiogram showed that he also had a mycotic aneurysm in a main blood vessel in his brain.

    Bitter Harvest Ann Rule 2000

  • Page and Frothingham were first to recognize its mycotic nature in the United States.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • 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.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • "This bug has been seen before," said Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the division of food-borne, bacterial and mycotic diseases at the

    NYT > Global Home By GARDINER HARRIS 2011

  • "This bug has been seen before," said Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the division of food-borne, bacterial and mycotic diseases at the

    NYT > Home Page By GARDINER HARRIS 2011

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