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nocardiosis

nocardiosis noun: an infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.

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.

Forms of nocardiosis

pluralnocardioses

Origin of nocardiosis

From translingual Nocardia + -osis.

Questions about nocardiosis

What does nocardiosis mean?
Nocardiosis means an infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.
What part of speech is nocardiosis?
Nocardiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of nocardiosis?
The plural of nocardiosis is nocardioses.

Words near nocardiosis in the dictionary

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

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