nocardiosis

N1O1C3A1R1D2I1O1S1I1S1

noun

An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnocardiosis (countable and uncountable, plural nocardioses)

plural nocardioses

  1. countableuncountableAn infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.

Origin

From translingual Nocardia + -osis.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Spanish nocardiosis
  • nocardiosisinfectious disease
Cite this entry
APA

nocardiosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocardiosis

MLA

“nocardiosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocardiosis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nocardiosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocardiosis.

Source: nocardiosis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.