Absidia
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Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin absis (“vault, arch”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Absidia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Mucoraceae – certain pathogenic fungi.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Eomycota - subkingdom; Zygomycota - phylum; Mucoromycotina - subphylum; Mucorales - order; Mucoraceae - family
Hyponyms
- For the numerous species see Absidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 12