fungosityn.

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Fungosity, A light and holow substance, such as wee may perceive, in spunges, mushromes, fusse bals, elder pith, &c.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Fungosity, spunginess, a being Fungous, full of holes, like a mushroom.

1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxvii. 133 To these may be added Siderations and even Plagues, Tumors, Distortions, Lacrimations, Tophi, Goutes, Carbuncles, Ulcers, Crudities, Fungosities, Gangreens, and an Army more.

1678 J. Browne Compl. Disc. Wounds xxxviii.192 And because Gulielmus Fabritius, a man of excellency in his Art, and a Master to be followed, hath given a lively Example of the curing of these Fungosities, I shall commend you to his Method.

1720 Bibliotheca Biblica I. 292 Certain little Pustulæ and Fungosities on its Surface.

1776 N. D. Falck Treat. Med. Qualities Mercury iii. 172 The matter is generally disagreeably thick and fœtid, and the fungosity grows very fast and spungy.

1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 78 107 A fibrous, excrescent, and feeble fungosity.

1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) iii. v. 404 An extensive cavity is exposed, covered with fungosities of a bluish color.

1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Jan. 64/2 First we all are familiar with the effects of mercurial poisoning..; we know the stomatitis, the profuse ptyalism,..the fungosity of the gums, and the decay of the teeth.

2015 Internat. Jrnl. Mycobacteriol. 4 348/2 The third stage corresponds to fungositiesassociated with extensive caseous necrosis.