histoplasmosis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of histoplasmosis
1940–45; < New Latin, equivalent to Histoplasm ( a ) name of the genus ( see histo-, -plasm) + -ōsis -osis
Example Sentences
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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
Unrecognized until 50 years ago, histoplasmosis is still often mistaken for, and mistakenly treated as, TB.
From Time Magazine Archive
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