mucormycosis
/ˌmjuːkɔːmʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/Medicine
noun
Infection of a human, other mammal, or bird with a zygomycete fungus, especially one of the family Mucoraceae; an instance of this.
- In humans mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection, especially of the paranasal sinuses, brain, respiratory tract, and skin, and is most frequently caused by fungi of the genera Rhizopus and Absidia. The name mucormycosis has occasionally been used for infection with fungi of the order Entomophthorales..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Thomas Stedman (1853–1938). From mucor + mycosis, after German Mucormykose.
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