histoplasmosis

American  

[his-toh-plaz-moh-sis] / ˌhɪs toʊ plæzˈmoʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.

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histoplasmosis British  

/ ˌhɪstəʊplæzˈməʊsɪs /

noun

1. a severe fungal disease of the lungs caused by Histoplasma capsulatum

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Etymology

Origin of histoplasmosis

1940–45; < New Latin, equivalent to Histoplasm ( a ) name of the genus ( see histo-, -plasm) + -ōsis -osis

Example Sentences

Elliott wrote “Bleeker Street Blues” for Dylan in 1997, after the singer-songwriter was hospitalized with severe chest pains from histoplasmosis, a fungal infection.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

It took until August for a doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to come up with a definitive diagnosis: granulomatous disease from histoplasmosis.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

Histoplasma shown in Figure 2 shows this type of reproduction; it primarily infects lungs but can spread to other tissues, causing histoplasmosis, a potentially fatal disease.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Turner, who suffered histoplasmosis decades ago after excavating family property that once held a chicken coop, describes the disease as debilitating.

From Reuters • Feb. 19, 2013

BOB DYLAN, 56, folk-rock's seminal poet; for a potentially fatal fungal infection, histoplasmosis.

From Time Magazine Archive