oidiomycosisn.
/əʊɪdɪəʊmʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S. /oʊˌɪdioʊˌmaɪˈkoʊsəs/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Now rare.
Infection with a fungus believed to belong to the genus Oidium; spec. †(a) blastomycosis (obsolete); (b) candidiasis, esp. of the digestive tract in birds.
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Madura foot1855
mycetoma1863
otomycosis1877
Sclerotium1885
blastomycosis1900
oidiomycosis1901
sporotrichosis1908
rhinosporidiosis1910
cryptococcosis1916
maduromycosis1916
mucormycosis1918
moniliasis1920
coccidioidomycosis1937
Candida1939
candidiasis1954
phycomycosis1959
thrush1967
1901 H. T. Ricketts in Jrnl. Boston Soc. Med. Sci. 5 453 (title) A new mould-fungus as the cause of so-called blastomycosis or oïdiomycosis of the skin.
1917 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 176 771/1 The relationship existing between coccidiodal [sic] granuloma, blastomycosis (oidiomycosis) and torula infection in man.
1933 Jrnl. Agric. Res. 46 169 Van Heelsbergen calls the disease oidiomycosis, and describes it as an affection of the mucous membrane of the mouth, fauces, esophagus, crop, stomach, and small intestine of birds, mammals, and man.
1951 T. G. Hungerford Dis. Poultry (ed. 2) viii. 259 Fungus infection of the digestive tract is also known as thrush, moniliasis, oidiomycosis,..and sour crop.
1975 L. Arnall & I. F. Keymer Bird Dis. viii. 139 Candidiasis, Moniliasis, Oidiomycosis, Sour Crop or Thrush (Candida albicans infection). Turkeys, parrots, gamebirds and pigeons are mainly affected.
1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xvi. 103/2 Candidiasis (syn.: moniliasis, oidiomycosis, crop mycosis, sour crop, thrush, muguet, soor, levurosis) is caused by the yeast Candida albicans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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