aspergillosis
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1. disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs (noun.state)
hypernym | : | disease, |
definition | : | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state) |
2. an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs (noun.state)
hypernym | : | opportunistic infection, |
definition | : | 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) (noun.state) |
3. severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys (noun.state)
hypernym | : | animal disease, |
definition | : | a disease that typically does not affect human beings (noun.state) |
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