ULERYTHEMA
\ˈuːləɹˌɪθəmə], \ˈuːləɹˌɪθəmə], \ˈuː_l_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_θ_ə_m_ə]\
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[Greek] A name for various diseases of the skin marked by erythema and the formation of cicatrices. U. acneiforme, a disease marked by erythema and cornification of the skin in the neighborhood of the hair follicles. U. centrifugum, lupus erythematosus. U. ophryogenes, a very chronic disease, probably parasitic, in which the hair-follicles are filled with a horny epithelial plug and are surrounded by erythematous skin. U. sycosiforme, a rare, very chronic form of folliculitis barbae, often producing destruction of the skin.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).