fungosity en · NOUN
Etymology
From fungous + -osity; compare French fungosité, fongosité.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The quality of being fungous or degree of being infused with fungus.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) A fungal growth.
The fungosities, which arise in wounds or ulcers, are easily repressed by gentle compression, dry lint, the sulphas cupri, or other gentle caustic.
1833, Robley Dunglison, “Fungos′ity”, in A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature, […], volumes I (A–L), Boston, Mass.: […] [E. W. Metcalf and Company] for Charles Bowen, →OCLC, page 421, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fungosities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |