mucormycosis
US/mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/
mucormycosis noun: any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
Noun
mucormycosis (countable and uncountable, plural mucormycoses)
- Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
- Herein, we characterized the infecting microbe, host, micro- and mycobiomes leading up to infection onset in a leukemia patient that developed invasive mucormycosis.2015 November 11, “Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- black fungus
mucormycosis meaning in Hindi and Sanskrit
mucormycosis in Hindi
- fungal infection
- कृष्णकवक kŕṣṇakvak
mucormycosis in Sanskrit
- fungal infection
- कृष्णकवक kṛṣṇakavaka
Synonyms of mucormycosis
Forms of mucormycosis
| plural | mucormycoses |
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Origin of mucormycosis
From mucor (“mouldy”) + mycosis (“fungal infection”). From translingual Mucorales, from Latin mucor (“mustiness”).
Questions about mucormycosis
- What does mucormycosis mean?
- Mucormycosis means any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
- What is mucormycosis in Hindi?
- Mucormycosis in Hindi is कृष्णकवक (kŕṣṇakvak). See Mucormycosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mucormycosis?
- Mucormycosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mucormycosis?
- Mucormycosis is pronounced /mju.kəɹ.maɪˈkoʊ.səs/ (US).
- What is the plural of mucormycosis?
- The plural of mucormycosis is mucormycoses.
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