an infectious fungal skin disease of humans and some domestic animals, characterized by formation of a honeycomb-like mass of roundish dry cup-shaped crusts
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, from Latin: honeycomb
favus in American English
(ˈfeɪvəs)
noun
an infectious skin disease of humans and many animals, esp. fowl, caused by an imperfect fungus (esp. Trichophyton schoenleinii) and characterized by itching and the formation of yellow crusts usually about the hair follicles, esp. on the head