sporotrichosis

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noun

A disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.

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Meanings

nounsporotrichosis (usually uncountable, plural sporotrichoses)

plural sporotrichoses

  1. uncountableusuallyA disease caused by infection with the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, sometimes acquired from roses.

    Rose bushes can carry an organism that causes sporotrichosis, a fungal infection.

    2008 May 26, Anemona Hartocollis, “Health Risks Hiding in the Grass”, in New York Times

Origin

From sporotrich- + -osis, from a former genus Sporotrichum whose species have since been reclassified into other genera, including Sporothrix and others.

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Translations

Finnish sporotrikoosi
  • sporotrikoosidisease caused by a fungus
Russian споротрихо́з
  • споротрихо́з (sporotrixóz)disease caused by a fungus

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

trichosporosis
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APA

sporotrichosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporotrichosis

MLA

“sporotrichosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporotrichosis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sporotrichosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporotrichosis.

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