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chytridiomyosis

chytridiomyosis is the misspelling of chytridiomycosis.

Meaning of chytridiomycosis

Noun

chytridiomycosis (usually uncountable, plural chytridiomycoses)

  1. (usually) An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
    • In epidemic outbreaks and when it is present as an endemic, vulnerability to chytridiomycosis caused by B. dendrobatidis varies widely among species.2010, Ross A. Alford, “2: Declines and the Global Status of Amphibians”, in Donald W. Sparling, Greg Linder, Christine A. Bishop, Sherry Krest, editors, Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2nd...

Questions about chytridiomyosis

What is chytridiomyosis the misspelling of?
Chytridiomyosis is the misspelling of chytridiomycosis.

Words near chytridiomyosis in the dictionary

  1. chytridiaceous
  2. chytridiomycete
  3. chytridiomycetes
  4. chytridiomycoses
  5. chytridiomycosis
  6. chytridiomyosis
  7. chytridiose
  8. chytridioses
  9. chytridiosis
  10. chytrids
  11. chyvalry

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