cryptococcaladj.
/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˈkɒkl/, U.S. /ˌkrɪptəˈkɑk(ə)l/ Mycology and Medicine.
Of or relating to fungi of the genus Cryptococcus (cf. Cryptococcus n.), esp. the pathogenic species C. neoformans; caused by C. neoformans.
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1869 Lancet 16 Jan. 77/2 Micrococcus may be developed into higher forms in two ways:—1. It may acquire a cell-wall, and pass on through the arthrococcal or cryptococcal stage to the formation of a fully-developed fungus.
1928 Lancet 22 Sept. 596/1 Very often we are dealing with a latent epidermophytosis with superadded saccharomycetic, cryptococcal, monilial, and bacterial infections.
1974 Nature 18 Jan. 149/1 The known histopathology of cryptococcal lesions.
1988 R. Platt & O. Platt Letting Blood (1990) ii. 9 Did I mention that his cryptococcal antigen was negative?
2003 Guardian 1 Dec. i. 2/4 Most are on drips, many containing drugs to treat cryptococcal meningitis.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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