coccidioidomycosis
/kɒkˈsɪdɪˌɔɪdəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/noun
mass noun
1- a serious fungal disease of the lungs and other tissues, endemic in the warmer, arid regions of America粗球孢子菌病。
1.1
- The fungus is Coccidioides immitis, subdivision Deuteromycotina.该真菌是粗球孢子菌, 半知菌亚门。
词源
1930s: from modern Latin Coccidioides (part of the binomial of the fungus) + MYCOSIS.