MAL
\mˈal], \mˈal], \m_ˈa_l]\
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A prefix meaning bad, wrong, fraudulent; as maladministration, malpractice, malversation, etc.
By Henry Campbell Black
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[French] Illness. See Grand m. and Petit m. under Epilepsy. M. de coit, dourine. M. de mer, seasickness, M. del pinto, M. de lo pintos (Spanish), a sort of skin disease resembling psoriasis and probably parasitic, occurring in Mexico.
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).