CRYPTOCOCCOSIS

Meaning of CRYPTOCOCCOSIS in English

[ ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)kə'kəʊsɪs ]

■ noun Medicine infestation with a yeast-like fungus, resulting in tumours in the lungs.

Derivatives

cryptococcal adjective

Origin

1930s: from mod. L. Cryptococcus (genus name of the fungus) + -osis .

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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — noun (plural cryptococcoses) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1938 an infectious disease that is caused by a fungus ( Cryptococcus neoformans …
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — ˌkriptə(ˌ)käˈkōsə̇s noun ( plural cryptococco·ses -ōˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Cryptococcus (genus name of Cryptococcus neoformans ) + -osis : …
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — /krip'toh ko koh"sis/ , n. Pathol. a disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, chiefly found in soil contaminated by …
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — noun ( plural cryp·to·coc·co·ses -(ˌ)sēz) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1938 : an infectious disease that is caused by a fungus …
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — [cryp.to.coc.co.sis] n, pl -co.ses [NL] (1938): an infectious disease that is caused by a fungus (Cryptococcus neoformans) and is characterized …
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — also called European blastomycosis, or torulosis a chronic fungal infection of humans caused by Cryptococcocus neoformans and C. bacillispora. The …
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — криптококкоз, торулез, европейский бластомикоз
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CRYPTOCOCCOSIS — n. Pronunciation: ˌ krip-t ə -( ˌ )kä- ' k ō -s ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -co …
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TORULOSIS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlōsə̇s noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, from Torula + -osis : cryptococcosis
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TORULA — ˈtȯr(y)ələ, ˈtär- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin torus protuberance, bulge, cushion + -ula — more at torus 1. plural …
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EUROPEAN BLASTOMYCOSIS — noun Usage: usually capitalized E : cryptococcosis
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CRYPTOCOCCUS — ˌkriptəˈkäkəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + -coccus 1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Cryptococcaceae) …
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TORULOSIS — /tawr'yeuh loh"sis, tawr'euh-, tor'-/ , n. Pathol. cryptococcosis. [ Torul ( a ) (see TORULA) + -OSIS ]
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EUROPEAN BLASTOMYCOSIS — Pathol. cryptococcosis.
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CRYPTOCOCCUS — — cryptococcal , adj. /krip'teuh kok"euhs/ , n. any yeastlike fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, including C. neoformans, the causative …
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MYCOSIS — plural Mycoses, in humans and domestic animals, a disease caused by any fungus that invades the tissues, causing superficial, subcutaneous, …
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COCCIDIOSIS — any of several gastrointestinal infections of humans and other animals produced by members of the sporozoan parasite coccidium (class Coccidea). …
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BLASTOMYCOSIS — infection of the skin and viscera caused by fungal organisms of the genus Blastomyces. There are two major types of …
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ILLNESS — n. 25B6; noun SICKNESS, disease, ailment, complaint, malady, affliction, infection, indisposition; ill health, poor health, infirmity; informal bug, virus; Brit. …
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ITRACONAZOLE (SPORONOX) — a triazole antifungal drug used to treat various fungal diseases (e.g., cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis). Side effects include nausea and headache.
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