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cryp•to•coc•cus n.

Microbiologyany yeastlike fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, including C. neoformans, the causative agent of cryptococcosis.

Neo-Latin; see crypto-, -coccus
1833

cryp′to•coc′cal, adj.

'cryptococcus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

cryptococcal meningitis - cryptococcosis - flucytosine

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