In more extreme cases, a country within the sphere of influence of another may become a subsidiary of that state and serve in effect as a satellite state or de facto colony. The system of spheres of influence by which powerful nations intervene in the affairs of others continues to the present.
mycotic stomatitis refers to that form of stomatitis which results from eating food containing irritant fungi. Bttcher's98 view that gastric ulcer is of mycotic origin, being produced by micrococci, has thus far met with no confirmation.
Monocot. Definition. noun, plural: monocotyledons. A group of flowering plants belonging to the class Liliopsida (or Monocotyledonae) of Angiospermae (angiosperms), characterized by having only one cotyledon in the seed and an endogenous manner of growth. Supplement. Examples of monocotyledonous plants are the palms, grasses, orchids, and lilies. The angiosperms (the flowering plants) can either be a monocotyledon (or monocot) or a dicotyledon (or dicot) according to the number of cotyledons in their seeds.