mycetoma

[Mod. Lat., from Gr. mykēs a fungus.] Pathol.: A disease in which the bones and other structures of the foot become infested and ultimately destroyed by a microscopic fungus. my-çe-to-phăg'-1-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. myceto phag ( us ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ids.] Entom.: A family of Beetles, tribe Necrophaga. The antennse are clavate, the body oblong, oblong ovate, or convex, pubescent, abdomen of five nearly equal segments. Tarsi with four distinct joints, except in the anterior feet of the males, which have only three. They live in boleti and other fungi, or under the bark of trees. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; tos )=a fungus, and phage in =to eat.] Entom. The typical genus of the family Mycetophagidæ (q.v.).