‖ mycosis Path.
(maɪˈkəʊsɪs)
Also myk-.
[f. Gr. µύκης (see myco-) + -osis.]
The presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body, or the disease caused thereby. Hence mycotic (maɪˈkɒtɪk) a., characterized by mycosis.
| 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 268 The character of diphtheria is most probably a mykosis. 1877 tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XII. 573 Some cases [of meningitis] have been recognised to be of mycotic origin. 1880 A. Flint Princ. Med. 97 A form of intestinal mycosis. |
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Add: 2. mycosis fungoides (fʌŋˈgɔɪdiːz), a malignant usu. protracted lymphoma affecting primarily the skin, ultimately producing dome-shaped tumours.
| 1874 Med. Times & Gaz. II. 269/1 Alibert has described something similar under the name ‘mycosis fungoides’. 1888 Jrnl. Cutaneous & Genito-urinary Dis. VI. 292 As to the etiology and exact nature of mycosis fungoides, I shall for the present..forbear from expressing any positive opinion. 1965 Jrnl. Nat. Cancer Inst. XXXV. 175/1 Allergic reactions in patients with the lymphomatous disease mycosis fungoides have been observed to be associated with improvement of the disease. 1966 Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xxxix. 1602/1 Mycosis fungoides results from the progressive proliferation of the dermal cells of the lymphoreticular system. 1986 Sci. Amer. Dec. 83/3 Such a clinical picture has been called mycosis fungoides or Sézary T-cell leukemia. 1987 Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xx. 84/2 Mycosis fungoides is initially often no more than a non-specific dermatitis. |