aspergillus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of aspergillus
1840–50; < New Latin: alteration of aspergillum
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His widow Louise has claimed there were a number of failings in his care and that she only discovered he had an aspergillus fungal infection after his death.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Louise Slorance’s husband Andrew died from Covid while being treated for cancer at the hospital in 2020 and also tested positive for aspergillus.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
Ms Kearsley accepted that Mr Brooks' death was caused by aspergillus pneumonia and that aspergillus is a type of mould.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
The doctor said it was possible but, on the balance of probabilities, he thought the aspergillus was the cause in this case.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023
It will be sufficient here to refer to the forms, achorion, trichophyton, oïdium, aspergillus, and the diseases produced by them, favus, ringworm, and thrush, to show this peculiarity.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
Dr. Charles C. Stock of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research reported that substances made by these molds and by aspergilli molds discourage tumors in the test tube and in mice.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fine cloth, which covered the altar, is then removed from it, and the Cardinal-priest of the church and the six canons pour whine upon the altar, and wash it with their aspergilli or brushes.
From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael
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