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coccidioidomycosises

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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.
Also called cocci, desert fever, San Joaquin Valley fever, valley fever.

Origin:
1935–40; < NL Coccidioid(es) name of the genus (see coccidium, -oid ) + -o- + 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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