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sporotrichosis Med.|-trɪˈkəʊsɪs|
[f. mod.L. Sporotrich-um (orig. Sporothricum), former name of the genus Sporothrix (H. F. Link 1809, in Mag. für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der ges. Naturkunde III. 12), f. Gr. σπορά spore + τριχ-, θρίξ hair: see -osis.]
A disease caused by the chronic presence in the tissues of 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.
1908Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. XX. 301 Sporotrichosis is not incompatible with the presence of syphilis or tuberculosis. 1939Yearbk. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 1938 57 The most common type of sporotrichosis reported is the cutaneous or localized form with secondary regional lymphangitis. 1976Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics (ed. 2) v. 284 Sporotrichosis..assumed almost epidemic proportions in miners in South Africa due to splinters infecting the skin. |