GC: n

S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18536217 (last access: 22 August 2014); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/mycosis (last access: 3 March 2020).

N: 1. 1876, medical Latin; see myco- + -osis. Related: Mycotic.
2. mycosis, plural Mycoses, in humans and domestic animals, a disease caused by any fungus that invades the tissues, causing superficial, subcutaneous, or systemic disease. Superficial fungal infections, also called dermatophytosis, are confined to the skin and are caused by Microsporum, Trichophyton, or Epidermophyton; athlete’s foot, for example, is caused by Trichophyton or Epidermophyton. Subcutaneous infections, which extend into tissues and sometimes into adjacent structures such as bone and organs, are rare and often chronic.
3. A generic term denoting any disease caused by a fungus.
4. Infection caused by fungi.
5. Propagation of fungus diseases by microscopic spores which may be transported by wind, light air currents, rain, insects, or other agents.
6. The term “mycosis” is used for human or animals, not plants.

S: 1. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=mycosis&searchmode=none (last access: 4 September 2014); DORLAND p. 1217. 2. EncBrit – http://www.britannica.com/science/mycosis (last access: 22 August 2014). 3. GDT (last access: 22 August 2014). 4 to 6. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 22 August 2014).

SYN: fungal disease, fungus disease.

S: TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 22 August 2014)

CR: antifungal, aspergillosis, candidiasis, fungicide, fungus, zygomycosis.