MYCOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mycology mean? 

• MYCOLOGY (noun)
  The noun MYCOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases

  Familiarity information: MYCOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mycology" is a kind of...):

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Derivation:

mycologist (a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi)

 Context examples 

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)