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pythiosis /pyth·i·o·sis/ (pith″e-o´sis) a disease, primarily of horses and mules, caused by Pythium insidiosum and characterized by enlarging subcutaneous abscesses that destroy the overlying skin.

pythiosis

see oomycosis.

equine pythiosis

see swamp cancer.

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