| actinomyces | (noun) soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | - |
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| actinomycetal | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetous |
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| actinomycete | (noun) any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales | - |
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| actinomycetous | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetal |
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| actinomycin | (noun) any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria | - |
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| actinomycosis | (noun) disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses | - |
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| actinomycotic | (adjective) of or related to actinomycosis infection | - |
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| antimycin | (noun) a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi | - |
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| antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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| ascomycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus | Synonyms: ascomycetous fungus |
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| ascomycetous | (adjective) related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes | - |
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| azithromycin | (noun) a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body | Synonyms: Zithromax |
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| basidiomycete | (noun) any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota | Synonyms: basidiomycetous fungi |
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| basidiomycetous | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes | - |
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| blastomycete | (noun) any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals | - |
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| blastomycosis | (noun) any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces | - |
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| blastomycotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis | - |
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| carbomycin | (noun) a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms | - |
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| chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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| coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| coccidiomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidioidomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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| dermatomycosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatophytosis |
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| dihydrostreptomycin | (noun) antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms | - |
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| discomycete | (noun) any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes | Synonyms: cup fungus |
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| discomycetous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes | - |
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| erythromycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative | Synonyms: E-Mycin, Erythrocin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin |
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| gasteromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gastromycete |
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| gastromycete | (noun) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | Synonyms: gasteromycete |
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| kanamycin | (noun) antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections | Synonyms: Kantrex |
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| keratomycosis | (noun) fungal infection of the cornea | - |
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| lincomycin | (noun) antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections | Synonyms: Lincocin |
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| mithramycin | (noun) an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes | Synonyms: Mithracin |
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| mitomycin | (noun) a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug | Synonyms: Mutamycin |
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| mycelium | (noun) the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae | - |
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| mycobacteria | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacterium |
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| mycobacterium | (noun) rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases | Synonyms: mycobacteria |
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| mycologist | (noun) a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi | - |
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| mycology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases | - |
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| mycomycin | (noun) a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete | - |
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| mycophage | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophagist |
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| mycophagist | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophage |
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| mycophagy | (noun) the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild) | - |
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| mycoplasma | (noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection | - |
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| mycosis | (noun) an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus | Synonyms: fungal infection |
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| mycosterol | (noun) a kind of sterol found in fungi. | - |
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| mycotoxin | (noun) a toxin produced by a fungus | - |
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| myxomycete | (noun) a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes | Synonyms: acellular slime mold, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold |
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| neomycin | (noun) an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | Synonyms: fradicin, Neobiotic |
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| phycomycosis | (noun) any fungal infection caused by fungi of the Phycomycetes group | - |
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| promycelium | (noun) the basidium of various fungi | - |
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| spectinomycin | (noun) an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea | - |
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| streptomyces | (noun) aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin) | - |
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| streptomycin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis | - |
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| tobramycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria | Synonyms: Nebcin |
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| vancomycin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections | Synonyms: Vancocin |
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| viomycin | (noun) a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis | Synonyms: Viocin |
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