nocardiosis
noun
no·car·di·o·sis
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plural nocardioses\ -ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of nocardiosis
: actinomycosis caused by actinomycetes of the genus Nocardia and characterized by production of spreading granulomatous lesions — compare maduromycosis