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ASPERGILLOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: aspergilloses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aspergillosis" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aspergillosis" is a kind of...):

opportunistic infection (any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys

Synonyms:

aspergillosis; brooder pneumonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aspergillosis" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

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