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



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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