nocardiosisn.
/nəʊˌkɑːdɪˈəʊsɪs/, /ˌnəʊkɑːdɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S. /noʊˌkɑrdiˈoʊsəs/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Disease caused by Nocardia species, esp. N. asteroides, chiefly seen in immunocompromised individuals and typically beginning with abscess formation in the lungs or in the skin, sometimes spreading to other organs, esp. the brain.
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pneumotyphus1846
pneumonomycosis1875
pneumomycosis1890
psittacosis1896
aspergillosis1898
histoplasmosis1907
nocardiosis1907
parrot disease1908
torulosis1929
coccidioidomycosis1937
valley fever1938
ornithosis1939
farmer's lung1944
parrot fever1947
San Joaquin Valley fever1958
1907 J. H. Wright in W. Osler & T. McCrae Mod. Med. I. xvi. 341 It has been pointed out that if the name Actinomyces be not used for these microörganisms then the only permissible generic term to apply to them..is Nocardia, and disease processes produced by them should be called nocardiosis.
1949 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 25 1 (heading) Pure granulomatous nocardiosis: a new fungus disease distinguished by intracellular parasitism.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. i. xii. 90/2 Nocardiosis and mucormycosis are infections usually acquired by inhaling dusts.
2001 Clin. Transplantation 15 415 Pulmonary nocardiosis is an infrequent but insidious disease in transplant patients.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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