DESUDATIO
\dɪsuːdˈe͡ɪʃɪˌə͡ʊ], \dɪsuːdˈeɪʃɪˌəʊ], \d_ɪ_s_uː_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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Ephidrosis, Sudamina, Hidroa, from desudare, (de, and sudare,) 'to sweat.' Desudation means a profuse and inordinate sweating, a mucksweat; but, most commonly, the term is applied to an eruption of small pimples, similar to millet seed, which appears chiefly on children, and is owing to want of cleanliness.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).