sporotrichosis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sporotrich- + -osis, from a former genus Sporotrichum whose species have since been reclassified into other genera, including Sporothrix and others.
Noun[edit]
sporotrichosis (usually uncountable, plural sporotrichoses)
- A disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.
- 2008 May 26, Anemona Hartocollis, “Health Risks Hiding in the Grass”, in New York Times[1]:
- Rose bushes can carry an organism that causes sporotrichosis, a fungal infection.
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Translations[edit]
disease caused by a fungus
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