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BLASTOMYCES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Blastomyces mean?
• BLASTOMYCES (noun)
The noun BLASTOMYCES has 1 sense:
1. genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi
Familiarity information: BLASTOMYCES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Blastomyces; genus Blastomyces
Hypernyms ("Blastomyces" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Holonyms ("Blastomyces" is a member of...):
Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)
Context examples
Superficial resemblance of P. brasiliensis to Blastomyces brasiliensis (BLASTOMYCES) may cause misdiagnosis.
(Paracoccidioidomycosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A fungal infection caused by inhalation of spores of Blastomyces dermatitidis.
(Blastomycosis, NCI Thesaurus)
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