cryptococcosis
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cryptococcus.jpg/220px-Cryptococcus.jpg)
Etymology
Noun
cryptococcosis (countable and uncountable, plural cryptococcoses)
- (pathology) 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.
Translations
a serious disease caused the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
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