Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An infection or disease caused by fungi of the genus Aspergillus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A morbid condition resulting from the presence in the ear, sometimes in the lungs, of certain forms of
Aspergillus .
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- noun medicine Any of various
infections byfungi of the genusAspergillus that causegranulomatous lesions
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- noun severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
- noun an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs
- noun disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Predominant diagnoses include asthma and drug reactions, but patients are also seen in evaluation for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, eczema and other diagnoses.
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The infection he had had all the while was the same aspergillosis that had nearly killed him months before.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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The infection he had had all the while was the same aspergillosis that had nearly killed him months before.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Predominant diagnoses include asthma and drug reactions, but patients are also seen in evaluation for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, eczema and other diagnoses.
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He added that Harry was suffering from aspergillosis.
Queer Sighted 2010
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Aspergillosis, Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Zoonotic diseases 2009
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A fact sheet issued by the National Wildlife Health Center (see link below) lists four diseases commonly associated with feeders (salmonellosis, trichomoniasis, aspergillosis, and avian pox) and I would add a fifth (mycoplasmal conjunctivitis).
Archive 2003-01-01 John L. Trapp 2003
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A fact sheet issued by the National Wildlife Health Center (see link below) lists four diseases commonly associated with feeders (salmonellosis, trichomoniasis, aspergillosis, and avian pox) and I would add a fifth (mycoplasmal conjunctivitis).
BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2003
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There are some diseases, as, for instance, Texas fever and rabies, which are caused by a minute animal parasite known as protozoa, while others again, like lumpy jaw and aspergillosis, are caused by fungi.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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But invasive aspergillosis is fairly rare -- it crops up mostly in patients with weakened immune systems -- and it took Pfizer two and a half years to enroll the study, so we should probably let the company off the hook.
unknown title 2011
carolinacc commented on the word aspergillosis
Oh, I think this is the kind of colds that hysterical and thin women get!
March 6, 2009