SCHERLIEVO
\ʃɜːlˈiːvə͡ʊ], \ʃɜːlˈiːvəʊ], \ʃ_ɜː_l_ˈiː_v_əʊ]\
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A name given to a particular form of syphilis, observed in Illyria. It is said to be capable of being communicated without immediate contact; and, that its principal symptoms are: - pains in the bones, ulceration of the fauces, pustules, and fungous growths in different parts of the body. Affections, known by this name, as well as by those of Male di Breno, Falcadi'na, Boala and Frenga, prevail in the frontier countries of the Austrian empire, and are generally regarded as contagious, of syphilitic origin, and as having been introduced from a surrounding country. The terms appear, however, in the course of time, to have been applied to a variety of ulcers, eruptions, and other morbid conditions in no way connected with syphilis, so that they lost their peculiar signification. - Sigmund.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Italian] A contagious ulcerative disease occurring in the seaport dependencies of Austria. In the main probably a form of syphilis, although it is likely that cases of lupus, carcinoma, and scrofuloderma are included under the term.
By Alexander Duane
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).