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aspergillosis /ˌaspədʒɪˈləʊsɪs /noun [mass noun]A condition in which certain fungi infect the tissues, most commonly the lungs.- The fungi are blackish moulds of the genus Aspergillus, subdivision Deuteromycotina.
Rarer conditions include aspergillosis (a serious lung infection) and cryptococcal meningitis (infection causing swelling in the brain, which can be life threatening)....- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is most often a complication of asthma or cystic fibrosis.
- No subjects reported a history of clinically demonstrable tuberculosis or allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis as defined by the criteria of Rosenberg and colleagues.
OriginLate 19th century: from modern Latin Aspergillus, from aspergillum, + -osis. |