ˌkriptəˈkäkəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + -coccus
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Cryptococcaceae) of yeastlike budding imperfect fungi that includes a number of saprophytes and a few serious pathogens and is often treated as a synonym of Torula or of Torulopsis — see cryptococcosis , epizootic lymphangitis
2. plural cryp·to·coc·ci -ˈkäˌkī, -äkē, -äkˌsī, -äksē : any organism of the genus Cryptococcus ; broadly : torula 1a