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FAVUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("favus" is a kind of...):
fungal infection; mycosis (an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus)