spo•ro•tri•cho•sis(spôr′ə tri kō′sis, spōr′-),USA pronunciationn.[Pathol.]
Pathologya widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
Neo-Latin; see sporo-, trich-, -osis
1905–10;
spo•ro•tri•chot•ic(spôr′ə tri kot′ik, spōr′-),USA pronunciationadj.