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Definition of: sporotrichosis
(spôr′ə·tri·kō′sis, spō′rə-) noun Pathol.
A chronic disease caused by a fungus (genus Sporotrichum) and marked by the formation of ulcerated lesions in the lymph nodes or subcutaneous tissue. [<NL Sporotrichum, genus of fungi + -osis]
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