coccidioidomycosisn.
/kɒksɪdɪˌɔɪdəʊmʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/ Pathology.
A disease in humans and some animals caused by the spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis and affecting esp. the lungs.
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Madura foot1855
mycetoma1863
otomycosis1877
Sclerotium1885
blastomycosis1900
oidiomycosis1901
sporotrichosis1908
rhinosporidiosis1910
cryptococcosis1916
maduromycosis1916
mucormycosis1918
moniliasis1920
coccidioidomycosis1937
Candida1939
candidiasis1954
phycomycosis1959
thrush1967
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > caused by fungus or parasite
pneumotyphus1846
pneumonomycosis1875
pneumomycosis1890
psittacosis1896
aspergillosis1898
histoplasmosis1907
nocardiosis1907
parrot disease1908
torulosis1929
coccidioidomycosis1937
valley fever1938
ornithosis1939
farmer's lung1944
parrot fever1947
San Joaquin Valley fever1958
1937 E. C. Dickson in Calif. & Western Med. XLVII. 154/2 To obtain a name for this symptom complex..presents some difficulty... The word ‘coccidioidomycosis’ might be used to include all cases of infection with the Fungus coccidioides, regardless of the clinical manifestations.
1955 Sci. News Let. 8 Jan. 21/3 Contrary to previous belief, wild rodents are not an important reservoir for organisms that cause valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, a respiratory disease found in the Southwest.
1958 New Biol. 27 65 During the second world war it was found that many soldiers gave a positive skin test to coccidioidin..without ever having knowingly had coccidioidomycosis.
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