ectothrix

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noun

A sheath of conidia, on the outside of a hair, caused by a parasitic fungus

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Meanings

nounectothrix (plural ectothrices)

plural ectothrices

  1. A sheath of conidia, on the outside of a hair, caused by a parasitic fungus
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