histoplasmosis

English

Noun

histoplasmosis (countable and uncountable, plural histoplasmoses)

1. (pathology) A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.

Synonyms

• (fungal lung disease): cave disease, Darling's disease, Ohio Valley disease

Related terms

• histoplasmin
• histoplasmotic

Translations

lung disease

• Czech: histoplazmóza f
• Finnish: histoplasmoosi
• Swedish: histoplasmos c
• Turkish: histoplazmozis, mağara hastaığı

Further reading

• “histoplasmosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.