In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
cryptococcosis
(noun) a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cryptococcosis (countable and uncountable, plural cryptococcoses)
(disease) A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
15 November 2024
HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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