mucormycosis Path.
(ˌmjuːkɔːmaɪˈkəʊsɪs)
Pl. -mycoses.
[f. mucor + mycosis.]
= phycomycosis.
| 1918 Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 5) 621/2 Mucormycosis, a mycosis caused by a fungus or mould of the family Mucoraceæ, one of the slime fungi. 1943 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. LXXIII. 405 (heading) Mucormycosis of the central nervous system. Ibid., These mucormycoses of animals..may be transferred to humans. 1957 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 9 Mar. 806/2 Rhizopus, rather than Mucor, appears to be the usual cause of human mucormycosis. 1965 Wilson & Plunkett Fungous Dis. Man xv. 190 Although the term ‘mucormycosis’ has long been used synonymously with the newer name ‘phycomycosis’, species of the genus Mucor are not often involved. 1974 Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. i. xii. 94/1 Cerebral mucormycosis presents with drowsiness or stupor. |