Gastromycosis

/ˌɡæstroʊmaɪˈkoʊsɪs/ noun

Definition

An infection or disease of the stomach caused by fungal organisms.

Etymology

From gastromyces (gastric fungi) + -osis (Greek -osis, 'condition of'). A clinical term for stomach fungal infections, though such infections are quite rare.

Kelly Says

Gastromycosis is incredibly rare in humans—your stomach acid usually kills fungi before they can establish an infection, making actual gastromycosis cases medically fascinating oddities!

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