Definition
To grow rapidly and excessively like a fungus; in medicine, to form abnormal growths or tissue protrusions.
Etymology
From fungus + -ate (Latin verbal suffix). The -ate suffix creates verbs meaning 'to cause to be' or 'to become.' Medical professionals adopted this verb to describe the characteristic rapid, explosive growth of certain fungal infections or tumor-like growths that resemble fungal fruiting bodies.
Kelly Says
Medical language is full of verbs made from nouns with the -ate suffix ('perforate,' 'ulcerate,' 'granulate'), and doctors use them because they pack a whole concept—the action, its character, and its source—into one word, which is faster to say and write than 'to grow like a fungus does.'
Translations
ARالعربية
فانغيت
fa-n-geet
BNবাংলা
ফাঙ্গেট
fa-ng-e-t
CACatalà
fungate
fyng-ga-te
CSČeština
fungate
fyng-ga-te
DADansk
fungate
fyng-ga-te
DEDeutsch
Fungate
fyuŋ-ga-te
ELΕλληνικά
fungate
fyng-ga-te
ESEspañol
fungate
fun-gah-tay
FISuomi
fungate
fyng-ga-te
FRFrançais
fungate
fynga-tay
HUMagyar
fungate
fyng-ga-te
IDBahasa Indonesia
fungate
fyun-ga-tay
ITItaliano
fungate
fyun-gah-tay
KMKM
ហ្វងហ្កាត
h'ong-kaat
MSBahasa Melayu
fungate
fyun-ga-tay
MYမြန်မာ
ဖန်ဂိတ်
fan-gi-t
NLNederlands
fungate
fyng-ga-te
NONorsk
fungate
fyng-ga-te
PLPolski
fungate
fyng-ga-te
PTPortuguês
fungate
fyun-gah-tay
RORomână
fungate
fyng-ga-te
RUРусский
фангейт
fang-gayt
SVSvenska
fungate
fyng-ga-te
SWKiswahili
fungate
fyun-ga-tay
TAதமிழ்
ஃபங் கேட்
fang-ke-t
TRTürkçe
fungate
fyun-gah-tay
UKУкраїнська
фангейт
fang-gayt
VITiếng Việt
fungate
fyun-ga-tay