favus

[fey-vuhs]

fa·vus

[fey-vuhs]
noun, plural fa·vus·es for 1, fa·vi [fey-vahy] for 2.
1.
Pathology. a skin disease, especially of the scalp, characterized by dry yellow encrustations that have an unpleasant odor, usually caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii.
2.
a hexagonal paving tile or stone.

Origin:
1705–10; < Neo-Latin, special use of Latin favus honeycomb
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Favus is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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favus (ˈfeɪvəs)
 
n
an infectious fungal skin disease of man and some domestic animals, characterized by formation of a honeycomb-like mass of roundish dry cup-shaped crusts
 
[C19: from New Latin, from Latin: honeycomb]

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favus fa·vus (fā'vəs)
n.
A severe type of chronic ringworm of the scalp and nails that is caused by various dermatophytes and occurs in humans and certain animals.

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