Etymology

mucormycosis

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Today it means: Any fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales. Full definition →

translingual Mucorales ← Latin mucor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommucor“mustiness”
  2. translingual · derived fromMucorales
  3. English todaymucormycosis

From mucor (“mouldy”) + mycosis (“fungal infection”). From translingual Mucorales, from Latin mucor (“mustiness”).

Words from the same roots

Latinmucor all →

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