coccidioidomycosis
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Definition of coccidioidomycosis:
- coccidioidomycosis (noun):
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.
- a disease especially of humans and domestic animals that is caused by inhalation of spores from either of two fungi (coccidioides immitis or c. posadasii) found in dry soils of the southwestern u.s., mexico, and central america and that may be asymptomatic or present as a mild to serious flu-like illness marked chiefly by fever, cough, sore throat, headache, fatigue, and pneumonia but sometimes becoming disseminated beyond the lungs especially to the skin, bones, joints, and meninges resulting in painful lesions, swollen joints, or meningitis
Synonyms for coccidioidomycosis:
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