Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aspergillosis

3 senses of aspergillosis

Sense 1
aspergillosis, brooder pneumonia -- (severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys)
       => animal disease -- (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2
aspergillosis -- (an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs)
       => opportunistic infection -- (any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs))

Sense 3
aspergillosis -- (disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs)
       => disease -- (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)