MYCOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mycosis mean? 

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

1. an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inflammatory condition caused by a fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fungal infection; mycosis

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

zymosis ((medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycosis"):

blastomycosis (any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces)

ringworm; roundworm; tinea (infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches)

coccidioidomycosis; coccidiomycosis; desert rheumatism; valley fever (an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules)

cryptococcosis (a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system)

candidiasis; monilia disease; moniliasis (an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans))

dermatomycosis; dermatophytosis (fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing))

favus (a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East)

keratomycosis (fungal infection of the cornea)

phycomycosis (any fungal infection caused by fungi of the Phycomycetes group)

sporotrichosis (a chronic fungal infection of the skin and lymph nodes)

rhinosporidiosis (fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming)

 Context examples 

A finding about one or more characteristics of mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor (skin).

(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome Primary Tumor-Skin TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of peripheral lymph nodes.

(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

It is considered a variant of mycosis fungoides. — 2003

(Parapsoriasis Lichenoides, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A flat, red area on the skin of patients who have mycosis fungoides.

(Mycosis fungoides patch, NCI Dictionary)

T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas include mycosis fungoides, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma.

(non-Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

T-cell NHLs include mycosis fungoides, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma.

(NHL, NCI Dictionary)

In mycosis fungoides, an area of skin that is thickened, raised, red, scaly, and itchy.

(Mycosis fungoides plaque, NCI Dictionary)

In the recent WHO-EORTC classification, folliculotropic mycosis fungoides is the preferred term for all cases.

(Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides, NCI Thesaurus)

In some cases it is associated with lymphoproliferative disorders, most often mycosis fungoides and Hodgkin lymphoma.

(Alopecia Mucinosa, NCI Thesaurus)