/ˌmʌɪkə(ʊ)tɒksᵻˈkəʊsiːz/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkəˌtɑksəˈkoʊsiz/.mycotoxicosisn.
/ˌmʌɪkə(ʊ)ˌtɒksᵻˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkoʊˌtɑksəˈkoʊsəs//ˌmʌɪkə(ʊ)tɒksᵻˈkəʊsiːz/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkəˌtɑksəˈkoʊsiz/. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
A condition of toxicosis produced by a fungus; poisoning caused by a fungus. Cf. ergotism n.1
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arsenicism1842
marsh-poisoning1842
strychnism1857
chloralism1879
vanillism1884
chloralization1885
thyroidism1897
mycetismus1900
mycetism1926
fluorosis1927
mycotoxicosis1948
neurotoxicity1949
1948 M. V. Gorlenko in Amer. Rev. Soviet Med. 5 164 The moulds..are ubiquitous and not particular as to the substrate upon which they grow. This circumstance, as well as the toxicity, suggests that equine stachybotriotoxicosis is not induced by Stachybotrys alternans alone, but may be caused also by other moulds. The disease may be appropriately called mycotoxicosis.
1968 Prog. Industr. Microbiol. 7 156 Alimentary toxic aleukia..appears to be the only mycotoxicosis other than ergotism to have directly affected major segments of human populations.
1978 Bull. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 12 133 There are sections on allergenic fungi and actinomycetes and toxin-producing fungi and mycotoxicoses.
1992 B. Coote Trade Trap viii. 100 Aflatoxin..has been found to be highly carcinogenic in animals... At higher levels it can induce mycotoxicosis leading to cancer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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