-ōsə̇s noun
( plural botryomyco·ses -ōˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, from Botryomyces, former genus name of an organism believed to cause the infection (from botry- + -myces ) + -osis
: a bacterial and prob. always micrococcal infection of domestic animals and man marked by the formation of usually superficial vascular granulomatous masses, associated especially with castration or other wounds, and sometimes followed by metastatic visceral tumors
• bot·ry·o·my·cot·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌmī|käd.ik adjective