criptococose

Portuguese

Etymology

From cripto- +‎ cocose.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾip.to.koˈkɔ.zi/, /ˌkɾi.pi.to.koˈkɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾip.to.koˈkɔ.ze/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɾi.ptɔ.kuˈkɔ.zɨ/

Hyphenation: crip‧to‧co‧co‧se

Noun

criptococose f (usually uncountable, plural criptococoses)

(pathology) cryptococcosis (a serious disease caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus)

Further reading

“criptococose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“criptococose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026