Look up: Fungus

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   Fungus
   A primitive form of plant life. It is not vascular, and non-photo synthetic organism
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   Fungus
   A microorganism that lacks chlorophyll.
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   fungus
   A eukaryotic, heterotrophic organism whose usually walled, threadlike cells absorb nutrients. (Pl. fungi.)
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   fungus
   Organisms including yeasts, molds, smuts and mushrooms (plural, fungi).
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   fungus
   [n] - a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
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   Fungus
   Noun: A primitive life form that can cause infection in the body. They get their nourishment from dead or living organic matter. Fungi that sometimes cause post-transplant infections are Candida and Aspergillus fungi.
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   Fungus
   an organism that is dependent on another organism for nourishment
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   Fungus
   Type of micro-organism causing problems like ringworm and athlete`s foot - Can mean a tumour - especially skin cancer. Fungus in a medical sense means proud (i.e. protruding above the normal level) tissue
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   Fungus
   Fungus: A single-celled or multicellular organism. Fungi can be true pathogens (such as histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis) that cause infections in healthy persons or they can be opportunistic pathogens (such as aspergillosis, candidiasis, and cryptococcosis) that cause infections in immunocompromised persons (including cancer patients, transpl ...
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    fungus
    Unicellular or multicellular microorganism which does not contain chlorophyll.In most fungi the vegetative form(thallus)consists of hyphae. Category: Management in the public and private sector
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    Fungus
    Fun'gus noun ; plural Latin Fungi , English Funguses . [ Latin , a mushroom; perhaps akin to a doubtful Greek ... sponge, for ...; if so, confer English sponge .] 1. (Botany) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. ...
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    fungus
    <microbiology> A general term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists, including mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, moulds, smuts, etc., which are characterised by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall composed of chitin, mannans and sometimes cellulose. ... They are usually of simple morphological form or show some ...
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    Fungus
    A `fungus` is any eukaryotic organism that is a member of the kingdom `Fungi` . The fungi are heterotrophic organisms characterized by a chitinous cell wall, and in the majority of species, filamentous growth as multicellular hyphae forming a mycelium; some fungal species also grow as single cells. Sexual and asexual reproduction is commonly via spores, often produced on specialized structures or in fruiting bodies. Some fungal species have lost ...
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    fungus
    (fung´gәs) pl. fun´gi any member of the kingdom Fungi, a group of eukaryotic organisms that includes mushrooms, yeasts, and molds; they lack chlorophyll, have a rigid cell wall in some stage of the life cycle, and reproduce by means of spores. Fungi are present in the soil, air, and water, but only a few species can caus...
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    Fungus
    • (n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. • (n.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.
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    fungus
    any of about 80,000 known species of organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which includes the yeasts, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, mushrooms, and ... [41 related articles]
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    fungus
    a general term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists, including mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, moulds, smuts, etc., which are characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall composed of chitin, mannans, and sometimes cellulose. They are usually of simple morphological form or show some reversible cellular sp...
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    fungus
    fungus (s) 1. In medicine, a spongy, morbid growth. 2. A single-celled or multicellular organism without chlorophyll which reproduces by spores and lives by absorbing nutrients from organic matter.
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    fungus
    A general term used to encompass the diverse morphologic forms of yeasts and molds. Originally classified as primitive plants without chlorophyll, the fungi are placed in the kingdom Fungi and some in the kingdom Protista, along with the algae (all but the blue-green algae), the protozoa, and the slime molds. Fungi share with bacteria the important...
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    Fungus
    (F moisi, R fungi, ciuperca, mucegai) A plant growth obtaining its nutrition by breakdown of organic matter, usually associated with the presence of dampness, eg. in timber. The plants are characterized by the absence of chlorophyll (BS 4261)
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    FUNGUS
    A primative plant-like form of life lacking chlorophyl.
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