Absidia

Translingual

Absidia sp. fungus: mature sporangium

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin absis (“vault, arch”) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɪd.i.ə/

Proper noun

Absidia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Mucoraceae – certain pathogenic fungi.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Eomycota - subkingdom; Zygomycota - phylum; Mucoromycotina - subphylum; Mucorales - order; Mucoraceae - family

Hyponyms

For the numerous species see Absidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 12

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.