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cotton wool (iou)



cotton wool noun & adjectival phr. LME.
[from COTTON noun1 + WOOL noun.]
A. noun.
Raw cotton as gathered from the bolls of the cotton-plant. Now US. LME.
Raw cotton prepared for use as packing or wadding; this substance with its natural wax removed, used as a soft absorbent material. M19.
b. fig. Excessive comfort or protection. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of or resembling cotton wool; protected as if with cotton wool. M17.
cotton-'woolly adjective resembling cotton wool E20.

Madura boil (medicine)


Madura boil -->
mycetoma


1. A chronic infection involving the feet and characterised by the formation of localised lesions with tumefactions and multiple draining sinuses. The exudate contains granules that may be yellow, white, red, brown, or black, depending upon the causative agent. Mycetoma is caused by two principal groups of microorganisms:

A. Actinomycotic mycetoma is caused by actinomycetes, including species of Streptomyces, Actinomadurae, and Nocardia.

B. Eumycotic mycetoma is caused by true fungi, including species of Madurella, Exophiala, Pseudallescheria, Curvularia, Neotestudina, Pyrenochaeta, Aspergillus, Leptosphaeria, Plemodomus, Polycytella, Fusarium, Phialophora, Corynespora, Cylindrocarpon, Pseudochaetosphaeronema, Bipolaris, and Acremonium.

Synonym: fungous foot, Madura boil, Madura foot, maduromycosis.

2. Any tumour with draining sinuses produced by filamentous fungi.