Mycose \My"cose\ (m[imac]"k[=o]s), n. [Gr. my`khs a mushroom.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also {trehalose}. [Written also {mykose}.] [1913 Webster]
Trehalose \Tre"ha*lose`\, n. (Chem.) Mycose; -- so called because sometimes obtained from trehala. [1913 Webster]