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sporotrichum

noun spo·rot·ri·chum \spə-ˈrä-tri-kəm\

Medical Definition of SPOROTRICHUM

1
capitalized :  a genus of saprophytic or parasitic imperfect fungi of the family Moniliaceae that formerly included the causative agent (Sporothrix schenckii) of sporotrichosis
2
plural spo·rot·ri·cha \-kə\ :  any fungus of the genus Sporotrichum

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