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‖ favus Path.|ˈfeɪvəs|
[L. favus honeycomb.]
A contagious disease of the skin, characterized by pustules, so called from its resemblance to a honeycomb. Also attrib. Hence ˈfavic a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of this disease.
[1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. iii. (1495) 223 Constantine callyth suche a scabbe fauum, an hony combe, for suche whelkes haue smalle holes, out of whiche matter comyth as hony out of the hony combe.] 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Favus..an Ulcer, mattery Sore or Scab. 1806Med. Jrnl. XV. 168 The favus, when it happens on the face, and the vesications behind the ears, often arise from the same cause. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Favus, a contagious disease of the skin. 1892G. T. Jackson Dis. Skin 226 The favic fungus was found implanted upon the mucous membrane of the stomach. 1958New Biol. XXVII. 55 Trichophyton schoenleinii..gives rise to favic lesions in man. |