Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathol., to grow up rapidly in forms suggesting some of the larger fungi: said of morbid growths.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A salt of fungic acid.
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- verb become like a fungus.
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Examples
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They show a tendency to ulcerate and fungate, giving rise to a fœtid discharge, and may be mistaken for epithelioma; they are also liable to become the seat of epithelioma.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The infected glands tend to become fixed to the bone, and while at first extremely hard, so much so that they simulate a bony tumour of the jaw, they later soften, liquefy, and fungate (Fig. 244).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The gum almost buries the teeth, and large polypoid masses form which tend to fungate.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The round-cell type is the most common; it grows rapidly, and tends to ulcerate and fungate, pain becoming severe when the growth has broken down.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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