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What is "mycose"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mycose

Mycose \My"cose\ (m[imac]"k[=o]s), n. [Gr. my`khs a mushroom.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose. [Written also mykose.]

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mycose

n. trehalose.

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Mycose

Mycose can refer to

  • Trehalose, a disaccharide also known as mycose, or mushroom sugar
  • Mycosis, any disease caused by fungi, called mycose in French

Usage examples of "mycose".

According to Volg, Phamacognisie, 1892, it is still used in Central Europe in veterinary medicine, and Ludwig and Busse (1869) found it to contain mannite, mycose, pectin, mycogum, mycodextrin and mycoinulin.