coccidioidomycosis

English

Etymology

From Coccidioides +‎ -o- +‎ mycosis.

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Noun

coccidioidomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural coccidioidomycoses)

1. (medicine) An infectious respiratory disease caused by inhalation of the fungus Coccidioides immitis.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 43:

     Rather better reported are figures for coccidioidomycosis, which is more commonly known as valley fever.

Synonyms

• valley fever

Derived terms

• coccidioidomycotic

 

Translations

Translations

• Italian: coccidioidomicosi (it) f