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.
otic. pertaining to the ear; aural. otic capsule. cartilaginous envelope which surrounds the nervous elements of the embryo's inner ear, and which subsequently ossifies. otic cup.the invagination of the otic placode, destined to form an otic vesicle and ultimately the inner ear.tic capsule. cartilaginous envelope which surrounds the nervous elements of the embryo's inner ear, and which subsequently ossifies. otic cup. the invagination of the otic placode, destined to form an otic vesicle and ultimately the inner ear.