‖ favus Path.
(ˈfeɪvəs)
[L. favus honeycomb.]
A contagious disease of the skin, characterized by pustules, so called from its resemblance to a honeycomb. Also attrib. Hence ˈfavic a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of this disease.
| [1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. iii. (1495) 223 Constantine callyth suche a scabbe fauum, an hony combe, for suche whelkes haue smalle holes, out of whiche matter comyth as hony out of the hony combe.] 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Favus..an Ulcer, mattery Sore or Scab. 1806 Med. Jrnl. XV. 168 The favus, when it happens on the face, and the vesications behind the ears, often arise from the same cause. 1884 Syd. Soc. Lex., Favus, a contagious disease of the skin. 1892 G. T. Jackson Dis. Skin 226 The favic fungus was found implanted upon the mucous membrane of the stomach. 1958 New Biol. XXVII. 55 Trichophyton schoenleinii..gives rise to favic lesions in man. |