Favus Definition

fāvəs
noun
An infectious skin disease of humans and many animals, esp. fowl, caused by an imperfect fungus (esp. Trichophyton schoenleinii) and characterized by itching and the formation of yellow crusts usually about the hair follicles, esp. on the head.
Webster's New World

(medicine) A severe, chronic infection of ringworm.

Wiktionary

A tile or flagstone cut into a hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern.

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Origin of Favus

  • From Latin favus (“honeycomb”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin honeycomb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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