Absidia

Translingual

Absidia sp. fungus: mature sporangium

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin absis (“vault, arch”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• English: (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɪd.i.ə/

Proper noun

Absidia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mucoraceae – certain pathogenic fungi.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Eomycota – subkingdom; Zygomycota – phylum; Mucoromycotina – subphylum; Mucorales – order; Mucoraceae – family

Hyponyms

• For the numerous species see Absidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 12