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coc⋅cid⋅i⋅oi⋅do⋅my⋅co⋅sis
[kok-sid-ee-oi-doh-mahy-koh-sis] 
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–noun Pathology.
| a disease caused by inhaling spores of Coccidioides fungi, characterized by fever, respiratory infection, and reddish bumps on the skin, common in hot, semiarid regions, esp. in southwestern U. S. and Mexico. |
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| coc·cid·i·oi·do·my·co·sis (kŏk-sĭd'ē-oi'dō-mī-kō'sĭs) n. An infectious respiratory disease of humans and other animals caused by inhaling the fungus Coccidioides immitis. It is characterized by fever and various respiratory symptoms. Also called valley fever. [New Latin Coccidioīdēs, genus name (from Coccidium, former genus name; see coccidium + -oīdēs from Greek -oeidēs, -oid) + mycosis.] |
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Main Entry: coc·cid·i·oi·do·my·co·sis
Pronunciation: -"oid-O-(")mI-'kO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural coc·cid·i·oi·do·my·co·ses /-"sEz/
: a disease of humans and domestic animals caused by a fungus of thegenus Coccidioides (C. immitis) and marked especially by fever and localized pulmonary symptoms called also San Joaquin fever, San Joaquin valley fever, valley fever
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coccidioidomycosis coc·cid·i·oi·do·my·co·sis (kŏk-sĭd'ē-oi'dō-mī-kō'sĭs)
n.
An infectious respiratory disease of humans and other animals caused by inhaling the fungus Coccidioides immitis; it is characterized by fever and various respiratory symptoms. Also called valley fever.
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coccidioidomycosis
an infectious disease caused by inhalation of spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. C. immitis can be found in the soil, and most infections occur during dry spells in semiarid regions of the southwestern United States, especially around the San Joaquin Valley, and in the Chaco region of Argentina; dust storms have caused outbreaks of the infection in humans.
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