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mycetoma

my·ce·to·ma [ mssə tṓmə ] (plural my·ce·to·mas or my·ce·to·ma·ta [ mssə tṓmətə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
inflammation caused by fungal infection: a chronic inflammation of tissues, caused by a fungal or bacterial infection, that usually occurs in the feet or legs, which swell and develop pus-discharging nodules

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin< Greek mukēt-, stem of mukēs "fungus"]

my·ce·to·ma·tous adjective
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