Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Po·lyp·o·rus Pronunciation:
p&-'lip-&-r&s Function:
noun : a genus (the type of the family Polyporaceae) offungi having fruiting bodies that are sessile or borne on a stipe and including important pathogens of various trees and in some classifications the fungus (
Fomes officinalis syn.
P.officinalis) supplying the drug agaric formerly used to treat excessive perspiration
