See Also: sporotrichosis(medicine)
sporotrichosis(dictionary)

sporotrichosis (iou)



sporotrichosis noun. E20.
[from mod. Latin Sporotrichum (orig. Sporothricum) former genus name of Sporothrix (see below), formed as SPORO- + -TRICH: see -OSIS.]
Medicine. A chronic disease caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, common in soil and wood and freq. introduced by a superficial scratch, typically producing nodules and ulcers in the lymph nodes and skin.