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blastomycetes

blastomycetes is the plural of blastomycete.

Meaning of blastomycete

Noun

blastomycete (plural blastomycetes)

  1. A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
  2. (obsolete) A yeast fungus.
    • Thus granulomata may be due to an infection by schizomycetes or fission-fungi, by hyphomycetes or mould-fungi, and by blastomycetes or yeast-fungi.1898, Alexander GR Foulerton, “On the Pathology of some Specific Grainulomata in Horses and Cattle”, in Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, volume 11, pages 103–114
    Synonyms:
    saccharomycete

Questions about blastomycetes

What is blastomycetes the plural of?
Blastomycetes is the plural of blastomycete.

Words near blastomycetes in the dictionary

  1. blastomeres
  2. blastomeric
  3. blastomers
  4. blastomogenic
  5. blastomycete
  6. blastomycetes
  7. blastomycetic
  8. blastomycetous
  9. blastomycin
  10. blastomycoses
  11. blastomycosis

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