cryptococcus

cryptococcus
cryptococcal, adj.
/krip'teuh kok"euhs/, n.
any yeastlike fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, including C. neoformans, the causative agent of cryptococcosis.
[1833; < NL; see CRYPTO-, -COCCUS]

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