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noun
A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fungal infection, mycosis
History
From cryptococcus + -osis.
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