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Definition of Fungal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to fungi.

Definition of Fungal

1. a. Of or pertaining to fungi.

Definition of Fungal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fungal

1. a fungus [n -S] - See also: fungus

Medical Definition of Fungal

1. An infection that is secondary to fungi. Common examples include: tinea versicolour and ringworm. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fungal

Literary usage of Fungal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fossil Plants: A Text-book for Students of Botany and Geology by Albert Charles Seward (1898)
"Cells with fungal hyphae. A. A piece of disorganised tissue, showing the separation of ... D. Partially destroyed cell-membranes pierced by fungal hyphae. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"rock and fungal mycelium was pooled, washed three times with distilled ... 100018 were more refractory to fungal attack than the remaining three granites. ..."

3. The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program: Technology Profiles (1993)
"Air emissions data have shown no significant hazards to field technicians due to soil tilling activities. Contaminated soil, underlying sand, fungal ..."

4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... OF GREEN-LEAVED PHANEROGAMS WITH fungal MYCELIA DESTITUTE OF CHLOROPHYLL.—MONOTROPA. Another instance of symbiosis is observed to exist between certain ..."

5. Forest Tree Seed Health: : Health for Germplasm Conservationby Jack R. Sutherland, Patricia Berjak, Marlene Diekmann by Jack R. Sutherland, Patricia Berjak, Marlene Diekmann (2002)
"The results showed unequivocally that this treatment, which continued to curtail fungal activity, extended the storage lifespan of these 'clean' seeds by ..."

6. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"In the pediatrie patients' exposure history, widespread fungal contamination of water-damaged building materials with known toxic or allergic fungi was ..."

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