cryptococcosis
/ˌkrɪptəʊkɒˈkəʊsɪs/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine infestation with a yeast-like fungus, resulting in tumours in the lungs and sometimes spreading to the brain. It occurs chiefly in the United States.【医】隐球菌病。亦称TORULOSIS.
1.1
- The fungus is Cryptococcus neoformans, subdivision Deuteromycotina (or class Teliomycetes).该菌为新型隐球酵母,半知菌亚门（或冬孢菌纲）。
派生词
cryptococcal
adjective词源
1930s: from modern Latin Cryptococcus (part of the binomial of the fungus) + -OSIS.