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ASPERGILLOSIS
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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)
