his•to•plas•mo•sis(his′tō plaz mō′sis),USA pronunciationn.[Pathol.]
Pathologyan infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Histoplasm(a) name of the genus (see histo-, -plasm) + -ōsis -osis