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| spo·ro·tri·cho·sis [ spàwrə tri kṓssiss ] |
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fungal infection: a serious infectious disease caused by a fungus Sporothrix schenckii that enters the body from soil or wood via a skin wound. It typically produces skin ulcers and nodules on the lymph nodes.
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Sporotrichum< spora (see spore) + Greek thrix "hair"] |
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