botryomycosis

[bo-tree-oh-mahy-koh-sis]

bot·ry·o·my·co·sis

[bo-tree-oh-mahy-koh-sis]
noun Veterinary Pathology.
a disease of horses and other domestic animals, often occurring after castration, usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus and characterized by the formation of granulomatous masses.

Origin:
< Greek botryo- (combining form of bótrys bunch of grapes) + mycosis

bot·ry·o·my·cot·ic [bo-tree-oh-mahy-kot-ik] , adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To botryomycosis

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Botryomycosis has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
given to using long words.
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT