blastomycosis
noun
blas·to·my·co·sis ˌbla-stə-ˌmī-ˈkō-səs 
: any of several fungal infections
especially : an infectious disease caused by a yeast fungus (Blastomyces dermititidis) that affects especially the lungs and skin
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Histoplasmosis and blastomycosis also pose risks to humans. 
Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021 Though mostly asymptomatic, pneumonia is often how blastomycosis manifests. Murat Can Kalem, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019 The number of fungal outbreaks are on the riseIn 2017, there was an unexpected outbreak of an infection called blastomycosis in the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, New York, caused by the fungus Blastomyces. Murat Can Kalem, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019 Symptoms of blastomycosis usually appear between three weeks and three months after a person has breathed in the fungal spores, but not everyone who is exposed will get sick. Fox News, 24 Sep. 2019 So far this year, more than 45 people and 150 animals have been diagnosed with blastomycosis. USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019 It’s known to cause infection—called blastomycosis—in humans and animals. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2017 Most notable, over the past year or so, the family told her, three dogs at the development, including one belonging to the boy’s grandparents, had been infected with blastomycosis. Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017 See More
Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021 Though mostly asymptomatic, pneumonia is often how blastomycosis manifests. Murat Can Kalem, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019 The number of fungal outbreaks are on the riseIn 2017, there was an unexpected outbreak of an infection called blastomycosis in the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, New York, caused by the fungus Blastomyces. Murat Can Kalem, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019 Symptoms of blastomycosis usually appear between three weeks and three months after a person has breathed in the fungal spores, but not everyone who is exposed will get sick. Fox News, 24 Sep. 2019 So far this year, more than 45 people and 150 animals have been diagnosed with blastomycosis. USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019 It’s known to cause infection—called blastomycosis—in humans and animals. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2017 Most notable, over the past year or so, the family told her, three dogs at the development, including one belonging to the boy’s grandparents, had been infected with blastomycosis. Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin Blastomyces, singular of Blastomycetes, former taxon comprising yeasts (from blasto- blasto- + -mycetes, borrowed from Greek mýkētes, plural of mýkēs "mushroom, fungus") + -osis — more at myc-
Note: The disease-causing agent of blastomycosis is given the specific name Blastomyces dermatitidis by T. Caspar Gilchrist and William Royal Stokes in "A case of pseudo-lupus vulgaris caused by a blastomyces," Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 3 (1898), p. 76.
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
blastomycosis
noun
blas·to·my·co·sis -ˌmī-ˈkō-səs
plural blastomycoses -ˌsēz
: either of two infectious diseases caused by yeastlike fungi see blastomyces, north american blastomycosis, south american blastomycosis
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