premycoticadj.
/ˌpriːmʌɪˈkɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌprimaɪˈkɑdɪk/ Medicine.
Designating or belonging to the early stage of mycosis fungoides, characterized by a non-specific eczema-like skin eruption; (also) preceding the development of mycosis fungoides.
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1904 Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 9 175 Mycosis fungoides usually commences as a diffuse infiltration of the skin (premycotic stage).
1928 R. L. Sutton Dis. Skin (ed. 7) 862 Oliver has reported three cases of the so-called tumor d'emblée type, in none of which there was any sign of a premycotic stage.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxii. 565 These ‘pre-mycotic’ lesions are followed by skin tumours of varying size and disposition, but usually multiple.
1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xvi. 152 Psoriasis must be differentiated from seborrhœic dermatitis.., parapsoriasis, parapsoriasis varioliformis, and the pre-mycotic stage of mycosis fungoides.
1979 Amer. Jrnl. Dermatopathol. 1 5 The histologic features of the premycotic lesions were constantly said to be those of ‘chronic non-specific dermatitis’.
1995 Dermatology 190 124 Our purpose was to determine whether parakeratosis variegata (long-standing premycotic condition) can develop into cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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