cryptococcal

adj

cryptococcal

adj

Etymology From cryptococcus + -al.

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis.

  • People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming from the agony of cryptococcal meningitis or choking on thrush fungus.2009 September 27, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox”, in New York Times:
Derived terms
anticryptococcal

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