coccidioidomycosis

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Etymology

From Coccidioides +‎ -o- +‎ mycosis.

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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.

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