释义 |
macroconidium mac·ro·co·nid·i·um, pl. mac·ro·co·nid·i·a (mak'rō-kō-nid'ē-ŭm, -ă), 1. A conidium, or exospore, of large size. 2. In fungi, the larger of two distinctively different-sized types of conidia in a single species, thick- or thin-walled and composed of 2 to 10 cells; characteristic of most dermatophytes and some other genera for example, Histoplasma, Fusarium. [macro- + Mod. L. dim. fr. G. konis, dust] |