Plural of favus; multiple cases or instances of the honeycomb-like fungal skin infection.
Simple plural formation of 'favus' by adding '-es.' Latin plurals in English medical terminology often retain or adapt their original forms, making medical language feel distinct from everyday English.
In medical Latin, you'll encounter irregular plurals (like 'fungus/fungi' and 'favus/favuses')—some doctors even use the Latin plural 'favi,' but English pluralization has mostly standardized these terms, showing how living languages gradually absorb and normalize borrowed words.
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