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sporotrichosis

sporotrichosis noun: a disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.

Noun

sporotrichosis (usually uncountable, plural sporotrichoses)

  1. (usually) A disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.
    • Rose bushes can carry an organism that causes sporotrichosis, a fungal infection.2008 May 26, Anemona Hartocollis, “Health Risks Hiding in the Grass”, in New York Times

sporotrichosis meaning in Tamil

sporotrichosis in Tamil

பூஞ்சணப் புண்

Forms of sporotrichosis

pluralsporotrichoses

Origin of sporotrichosis

From sporotrich- + -osis, from a former genus Sporotrichum whose species have since been reclassified into other genera, including Sporothrix and others.

Questions about sporotrichosis

What does sporotrichosis mean?
Sporotrichosis means a disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.
What is sporotrichosis in Tamil?
Sporotrichosis in Tamil is பூஞ்சணப் புண். See Sporotrichosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sporotrichosis?
Sporotrichosis is a noun.
What is the plural of sporotrichosis?
The plural of sporotrichosis is sporotrichoses.

Words near sporotrichosis in the dictionary

  1. sporotheca
  2. sporothecae
  3. sporothriolide
  4. sporotrichoid
  5. sporotrichoses
  6. sporotrichosis
  7. sporotrichotic
  8. sporous
  9. sporozoan
  10. sporozoans
  11. sporozoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sporotrichosis (page history and authors); sporotrichosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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