cryptococcal

English

Etymology

From cryptococcus +‎ -al.

Adjective

cryptococcal (not comparable)

1. (pathology) Of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis.
   • 2009 September 27, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2024:

     People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming from the agony of cryptococcal meningitis or choking on thrush fungus.

Derived terms

• anticryptococcal

Translations

of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis

• Portuguese: criptococótico, criptococal