BLASTOMYCOSIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

fungal infection; mycosis (an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus)

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

chromoblastomycosis (a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin)

Derivation:

blastomycotic (of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis)