sporotrichosis

English

Etymology

From sporotrich- + -osis, from a former genus Sporotrichum whose species have since been reclassified into other genera, including Sporothrix and others.

Noun

sporotrichosis (usually uncountable, plural sporotrichoses)

1. A disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.
   • 2008 May 26, Anemona Hartocollis, “Health Risks Hiding in the Grass”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Rose bushes can carry an organism that causes sporotrichosis, a fungal infection.

Related terms

• sporotrichoid
• sporotrichotic

Translations

disease caused by a fungus

• Finnish: sporotrikoosi
• Russian: споротрихо́з (ru) m (sporotrixóz)

Anagrams

• trichosporosis