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cryp•to•coc•cus
(krip′tə kok′əs),USA pronunciation n.
cryp′to•coc′cal, adj.
- Microbiologyany yeastlike fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, including C. neoformans, the causative agent of cryptococcosis.
- Neo-Latin; see crypto-, -coccus
- 1833
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