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zygomycosis

zygomycosis noun: an infection caused by bread mold fungi.

Noun

zygomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural zygomycoses)

  1. An infection caused by bread mold fungi.

Forms of zygomycosis

pluralzygomycoses

Origin of zygomycosis

From Zygomycota (“obsolete phylum of fungi”) + -osis.

Questions about zygomycosis

What does zygomycosis mean?
Zygomycosis means an infection caused by bread mold fungi.
What part of speech is zygomycosis?
Zygomycosis is a noun.
What is the plural of zygomycosis?
The plural of zygomycosis is zygomycoses.

Words near zygomycosis in the dictionary

  1. zygomorphy
  2. zygomycete
  3. zygomycetes
  4. zygomycetous
  5. zygomycoses
  6. zygomycosis
  7. zygomycotan
  8. zygomycotans
  9. zygomycotic
  10. zygon
  11. zygonema

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