zygomycosis

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noun

An infection caused by bread mold fungi.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nounzygomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural zygomycoses)

plural zygomycoses

  1. countableuncountablebiologyAn infection caused by bread mold fungi.

Origin

From Zygomycota (“obsolete phylum of fungi”) + -osis.

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APA

zygomycosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zygomycosis

MLA

“zygomycosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zygomycosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zygomycosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zygomycosis.

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