MYCETES
\mˈa͡ɪsiːts], \mˈaɪsiːts], \m_ˈaɪ_s_iː_t_s]\
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By Noah Webster.
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m[=i]-s[=e]'t[=e]z, n. a kind of South American monkey, called also Howlers. [Gr. myk[=e]t[=e]s, bellower.]
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m[=i]-s[=e]'t[=e]z, n.pl. mushrooms or fungi.--ns. MYCETOL'OGY (same as MYCOLOGY); MYCET[=O]'MA, a chronic disease of the feet and hands in India.--n.pl. MYCETOZ[=O]'A, a group of fungus-like organisms, now mostly contained in the division Myxomycetes or slime-fungi.--adjs. MYCOLOG'IC, -AL.--ns. MYCOL'OGIST; MYCOL'OGY, the science treating of the fungi or mushrooms; MYCOPH'AGIST; MYCOPH'AGY, the eating of fungi; MY'COSE, a kind of sugar obtained from certain lichens and fungi, as ergot of rye--also Trehalose; MYC[=O]'SIS, the presence of fungus growth within the body.--adj. MYCOT'IC. [Gr. myk[=e]t[=e]s, pl. of myk[=e]s a mushroom.]
By Thomas Davidson