aspergillosisn.
/aspədʒɪˈləʊsɪs/ Pathology.
Infection with the fungus Aspergillus, most often found in the respiratory organs of birds and mammals including man.
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pneumotyphus1846
pneumonomycosis1875
pneumomycosis1890
psittacosis1896
aspergillosis1898
histoplasmosis1907
nocardiosis1907
parrot disease1908
torulosis1929
coccidioidomycosis1937
valley fever1938
ornithosis1939
farmer's lung1944
parrot fever1947
San Joaquin Valley fever1958
1897 A. Lucet in Vet. Jrnl. XLV. 227 Some of which [sc. subjects] even (for instance, the birds), in a good many cases contract spontaneous Aspergillose.]
1898 Med. Chron. IX. 390 The basis of the following investigation was a case of aspergillosis observed by the author in March, 1896.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 534/2 Aspergillosis, or pigeon-breeders' disease, is the result of the infection with the Aspergillus fumigatus.
1955 S. H. Gaiger & G. O. Davies Vet. Pathol. & Bacteriol. xxi. 414 Aspergillosis,..popularly known as brooder pneumonia.
1965 Economist 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.
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