👉 Entomophagous is a term used in medicine to describe a condition where one's immune system mistakenly identifies a specific organism as a "fungus" or another type of pathogen. This can occur when the patient has an infection with a fungus, such as those caused by candida (yeast) or meningitis (infections from meningococcus). The term is derived from the Greek word for "fungal," which means that it is not necessarily a true fungus but rather a
