Medical term:
mucor
Mucor
[mu´kor]a genus of perfect fungi; several species are molds and saprobes on fruits, vegetables, or baked goods and can cause mucormycosis.
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Mucor
(myū'kōr),A genus of fungi (class Zygomycetes, family Mucoraceae), most species of which are saprobic; several are pathogenic and may cause zygomycosis in humans.
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Mu·cor
(myū'kōr)A genus of fungi (class Zygomycetes, family Mucoraceae), most species of which are saprobic; characterized by sparsely septate hyphae, large sporangia that contain sporangiospores but lack rhizoids. Several are pathogenic and may cause zygomycosis in humans.
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Mu·co·ra·ce·ae
(myū'kō-rā'sē-ē),A family of fungi (class Zygomycetes) comprising terrestrial, aquatic, and sometimes parasitic organisms; includes the genera Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Apophysomyces, and Mortierella. Although the various species of the genera are ordinarily saprobic, free-living forms, some of them cause mucormycosis in humans.
[L. mucor, mold]
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