Associations to the word «Cryptococcosis»

Wiktionary

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, noun. (disease) 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.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope