Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An infection caused by the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis and characterized by multiple inflammatory lesions of the skin, mucous membranes, or internal organs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation due to the presence in the tissues, especially on the skin, of a vegetable parasite belonging to the family of budding fungi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of several fungal infections caused by blastomycetes; they are characterized by inflammatory lesions of skin and mucous membranes or internal organs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis,endemic to parts ofNorth America , whose clinicalsymptoms resemble those ofhistoplasmosis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Established roosts of starlings harbor diseases such as blastomycosis, beef measles, and histoplasmosis.
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"Established roosts of starlings harbor diseases such as blastomycosis, beef measles, and histoplasmosis.
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"Established roosts of starlings harbor diseases such as blastomycosis, beef measles, and histoplasmosis.
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"Established roosts of starlings harbor diseases such as blastomycosis, beef measles, and histoplasmosis.
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One parasitic disease caused by a fungus is “blastomycosis”.
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Action sulphamethoxazole trimethoprim cure of American blastomycosis
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Use of Cimzia, Enbrel Humira and Remicade may put patients at risk for deadly fungal infections such as histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley Fever). disease that seeks out the patient's lungs as primary target for its workings, has been known since 1905 as Darling's disease.
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While this may appear like a jaunt into the world of fungi, it may actually drug manufacturers that produce Cimzia, Enbrel Humira and Remicade to warn consumers that use of these drugs will weaken the immune system and heighten the susceptibility of fungal infections, including histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley Fever). treatment of Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, and also arthritis.
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There were also reports of patients who took TNF blockers and developed blastomycosis -- some resulting in death.
About.com Arthritis 2008
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