phycomycosisn.

1959 Lie-Kian-Joe et al. in Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Pathol. 23 62/1 We use the name phycomycosis to designate a fungous infection caused by a member of the Phycomycetes. It is proposed in order to avoid the more restricted connotations of mucormycosis, and includes infections caused by Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, Mortierella, Basidiobolus, and similar Phycomycetes. The name is useful, too, for mycoses in which no culture was obtained but in which sections of involved tissues reveal the presence of a fungus with the morphology usually associated with a Phycomycete.

1965 J. W. Wilson & O. A. Plunkett Fungous Dis. Man xv. 190 Although the term ‘mucormycosis’ has long been used synonymously with the newer name ‘phycomycosis’, species of the genus Mucor are not often involved.

1977 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 1 Nov. 872 (title) Mycotic enteritis in a chameleon and a brief review of phycomycoses of animals.

1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. lxxxvi. 472 Pythium is the most common etiology of canine intestinal phycomycosis.

2001 Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surg. 17 62 The use of multiple treatment modalities..may allow complete resolution of orbital phycomycosis and spare the patient from the blindness and disfigurement associated with exenteration.