blastomycete

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English

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Etymology

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From blasto- +‎ -mycete.

Noun

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blastomycete (plural blastomycetes)

  1. (mycology) A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
  2. (mycology, obsolete) A yeast fungus.
    • 1898, Alexander GR Foulerton, “On the Pathology of some Specific Grainulomata in Horses and Cattle”, in Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, volume 11, pages 103–114:
      Thus granulomata may be due to an infection by schizomycetes or fission-fungi, by hyphomycetes or mould-fungi, and by blastomycetes or yeast-fungi.

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