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noun
A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fungal infection, mycosis
Narrower terms: chromoblastomycosis
History
From blasto- + mycosis.
Across languages
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