Cryptococcus Definition

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noun
Any of various yeastlike fungi of the genus Cryptococcus, commonly occurring in the soil and including certain pathogenic species, such as the causative agent of cryptococcosis.
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Noun

Singular:
cryptococcus
Plural:
cryptococci

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