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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Favus \Fa"vus\, n. [L., honeycomb.] 1. (Med.) A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite. 2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also {favas} and {sectila}. --Mollett.
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