Meanings
plural mucormycoses
- countableuncountablebiologyAny fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
Herein, we characterized the infecting microbe, host, micro- and mycobiomes leading up to infection onset in a leukemia patient that developed invasive mucormycosis.
2015 November 11, “Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: black fungus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny fungal infection caused by fungi in the order Mucorales.
Origin
- Latinmucor“mustiness”
- translingualMucorales
- Englishmucormycosis
From mucor (“mouldy”) + mycosis (“fungal infection”). From translingual Mucorales, from Latin mucor (“mustiness”).
More words from translingual, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish mukormykoosi
- mukormykoosifungal infection
French mucormycose
- mucormycosefungal infection
Hindi कृष्णकवक
- कृष्णकवक (kŕṣṇakvak)fungal infection
Polish mukormikoza, mukormykoza
- mukormikozafungal infection
- mukormykozafungal infection
Spanish mucormicosis
- mucormicosisfungal infection
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mucormycosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucormycosis
“mucormycosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mucormycosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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