histoplasmosis

English

Noun

histoplasmosis (countable and uncountable, plural histoplasmoses)

(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

Translations

lung disease

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

Further reading

“histoplasmosis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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