CRYPTOCOCCOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptococcosis mean? 

• CRYPTOCOCCOSIS (noun)
  The noun CRYPTOCOCCOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system

  Familiarity information: CRYPTOCOCCOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTOCOCCOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cryptococcosis" is a kind of...):

fungal infection; mycosis (an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus)

 Context examples 

A species of the fungus cryptococcus, the causative agent of cryptococcosis.

(Cryptococcus neoformans, NCI Thesaurus)

These trials include the following opportunistic infections: pneumocystosis, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, candidacies, cryptococcosis, mycobacteriosis, cytomegalovirus, papillomavirus, herpes simplex, JC virus, coccidioides, hairy leukoplakia, and HIV-related periodontal disease.

(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Patients with Opportunistic Infections, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients with AIDS are especially susceptible to opportunistic infections (usually pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, tuberculosis, candida infections, and cryptococcosis), and the development of malignant neoplasms (usually non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma).

(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)