fungationn.
/fʌŋˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /fəŋˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
The development of a fungoid growth or growths. Also (as a count noun): a fungoid growth. Cf. fungosity n. 2.
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1827 Dublin Hosp. Rep. 4 323 Fungation lessened; excoriation and pain gone.
1836 Lancet 23 Apr. 131/2 Whenever ulceration occurred, which was a rarer circumstance than the opposite state, or fungation, it was preceded by scaliness or vesication.
1889 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 72 237 The fungations in the axillæ and groins became much less prominent.
1908 Practitioner Sept. 395 These palliative operations are performed to prolong life, to prevent fungation, to give relief to pain.
1963 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Jan. 106/2 The fungations inside the mouth disappeared.
2010 S. Afr. Jrnl. Surg. 48 74/1 Plantar melanomas in the black population are usually heavily pigmented, and ulceration and fungation occur in advanced lesions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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