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cryptococcal

cryptococcal adjective: of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis.

Adjective

cryptococcal (not comparable)

  1. 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

Origin of cryptococcal

From cryptococcus + -al.

Words formed from cryptococcal

Questions about cryptococcal

What does cryptococcal mean?
Cryptococcal means of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis.
What part of speech is cryptococcal?
Cryptococcal is an adjective.

Words near cryptococcal in the dictionary

  1. cryptocleidids
  2. cryptoclidid
  3. cryptoclidids
  4. cryptoclidus
  5. cryptocliduses
  6. cryptococcal
  7. cryptococcemia
  8. cryptococci
  9. cryptococcic
  10. cryptococcoma
  11. cryptococcomal

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