Fungate v.

Path. [f. FUNG-US + -ATE³.] intr. To grow up with a fungous form or appearance; to grow rapidly like a fungus (Gould, Illust. Dict. Med., 1894): see FUNGUS sb. 2. Hence Fungating ppl. a.

1847–9.  R. B. Todd, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, IV. 132/1. The fungating sore produced in the tongue or cheek by a carious tooth.

1878.  T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 107. An irregular, fungating, bleeding surface may at times put on an apperance which has been mistaken for cancer. Ibid., I. 124. It may fungate, crack, fissure, or ulcerate.