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Definition of aspergillosis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

aspergillosis

noun

/əˌspɜːdʒɪˈləʊsɪs/

/ˌæspərdʒɪˈləʊsɪs/

[uncountable]

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a serious condition in which parts of the body, usually the lungs, hurt because of an infection caused by fungi
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin Aspergillus, from aspergillum + -osis.

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