- favuses
- n. type of skin disease
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
favuses
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favus — /fay veuhs/, n., pl. favuses for 1, favi /fay vuy/ for 2. 1. Pathol. a skin disease, esp. of the scalp, characterized by dry yellow encrustations that have an unpleasant odor, usually caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii. 2. a hexagonal … Universalium
