Hypertext Webster Gateway: "favus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Favus \Fa"vus\, n. [L., honeycomb.]
1. (Med.) A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable
parasite.
2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce
a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also
{favas} and {sectila}. --Mollett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
favus
n : a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in
Africa and the Middle East
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