(ˈ)käk|sidē|ȯidō, -ȯidə+ noun
also coc·cid·io·mycosis (ˈ)käk|sidē(ˌ)ō, -sideə+
Etymology: New Latin, from Coccidioides (genus name of Coccidioides immitis ) + mycosis
: an infective disease of man and various wild and domestic animals caused by a fungus ( Coccidioides immitis ) usually inhaled as spores and marked by fever and localized pulmonary symptoms but sometimes becoming generalized with granulomatous nodular lesions in various parts of the body