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aspergillosis Path.|æspədʒɪˈləʊsɪs| [mod.L., ad. F. aspergillose (A. Lucet 1896, in Bull. Soc. Cent. Méd. Vét. XIV. 593), f. aspergillus + -osis.] Infection with the fungus Aspergillus, most often found in the respiratory organs of birds and mammals including man.
[1897A. Lucet in Vet. Jrnl. XLV. 227 Some of which [sc. subjects] even (for instance, the birds), in a good many cases contract spontaneous Aspergillose. ]1898Med. Chron. IX. 390 The basis of the following investigation was a case of aspergillosis observed by the author in March, 1896. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 534/2 Aspergillosis, or pigeon-breeders' disease, is the result of the infection with the Aspergillus fumigatus. 1955Gaiger & Davies Vet. Path. & Bacteriol. xxi. 414 Aspergillosis,..popularly known as brooder pneumonia. 1965Economist 20 Feb. 780/2 He [sc. a penguin]..was found to have contracted the disease known as aspergillosis. Aspergillosis is a fungus which spreads through the lungs and is not unknown in humans. |