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‖ sycosis Path.|saɪˈkəʊsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. σύκωσις, f. σῦκον fig.]
1. Applied to various kinds of ulcer or morbid growth on the skin, resembling a fig. ? Obs.
1580Newton Approved Med. 77 A certaine disease of the eye Lyddes which is called Sycosis. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict., Sycosis, an Excrescence of the Flesh about the Fundament. 'Tis also an Ulcer so called from the resemblance of a Fig. 1820Good Nosology 155 Sycosis, tumour excrescent; fleshy; fig-shaped.
2. An eruptive disease characterized by inflammation of the hair-follicles, esp. of the beard.
1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) II. 352 Sycosis..is seated sometimes on the beard, and sometimes in the hair of the head. 1883–4Medical Annual 23/1 Eczema of the chin and cheeks of adults..the non-parasitic sycosis of many writers. |