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sycosis
[ sahy-koh-sis ]
noun
- an inflammatory disease of the hair follicles, characterized by a pustular eruption.
sycosis
/ ɪˈəʊɪ /
noun
- chronic inflammation of the hair follicles, esp those of the beard, caused by a staphylococcal infection
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sycosis1
Example Sentences
The resulting parasitic inflammations are known as favus, sycosis, ringworm, thrush, etc.
The next miasmatic generator is sycosis, or the disposition to warty excrescences; but this source of disease Hahnemann does not consider so prolific as syphilis, or his favourite psora.
Sycosis, sī-kō′sis, n. a pustular eruption on the scalp or bearded part of the face, due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.
Under these circumstances, a globule of Apis 30 will quiet the patient, and the action of the drug will achieve the cure without any further difficulty, and without much loss of time, unless psora, sycosis, syphilis, or vaccine-virus prevail in the organism, or sulphur, iodine or mercury had been previously given in large doses.
Psoriasis, seborrhœa, sycosis, scabies and ringworm.
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