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Where does “mycosis” come from?

mycosis (English) comes from English -osis, from New Latin -osis — dative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

mycosis (English): An infection caused by a fungus

Definitions

  1. An infection caused by a fungus

Ancestry of “mycosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-osisfunctional disease or condition such as...
2New Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

Words derived from “mycosis”

  • onychomycosis
  • blastomycosis
  • mucormycosis
  • zygomycosis
  • otomycosis
  • keratomycosis
  • chromomycosis
  • dermatomycosis
  • trichomycosis
  • pseudomycosis
  • pharyngomycosis
  • conidiobolomycosis
  • myringomycosis
  • saccharomycosis
  • mycosic
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