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sporotrichosis

spo·rot·ric·hosis

uncommon

noun

1.

a chronic fungal infection of the skin and lymph nodes

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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