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nocardiasis

nocardiasis is the alternative form of nocardiosis.

Meaning of nocardiosis

Noun

nocardiosis (countable and uncountable, plural nocardioses)

  1. An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.

Origin of nocardiasis

Nocardia + -iasis

Questions about nocardiasis

What is nocardiasis the alternative form of?
Nocardiasis is the alternative form of nocardiosis.

Words near nocardiasis in the dictionary

  1. NoCall
  2. NoCalls
  3. nocardia
  4. nocardial
  5. nocardias
  6. nocardiasis
  7. nocardioses
  8. nocardiosis
  9. nocardiotic
  10. nocathiacin
  11. nocathiacins

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