cryptosporidiosis
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- noun
- /ˌkrɪptoʊspɔːrɪˈdiːoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
- After swimming in the contaminated pool, he developed cryptosporidiosis and experienced severe diarrhea.
Examples
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Cryptosporidiosis is prevalent both in the temperate and tropical world, where it can be found in untreated surface waters, as well as swimming and wading pools.
Academic text (2004) -
Incidence of Cryptosporidiosis in Ireland.
Academic text (2008) -
Cryptosporidiosis
Academic text (2011) -
GRAPH: FIGURE 1 Frequency of Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis Onsets by Week
Academic text (2008) -
The doctor explained that cryptosporidiosis is often spread through drinking contaminated water.
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Travelers to areas with poor sanitation should be aware of cryptosporidiosis, as it can be contracted from contaminated drinking water.
Surface Forms
Morphology
cryptosporidiosis = Cryptosporidium (opaque) = Cryptosporidium + iosis
The form is created by adding the medical disease suffix '-iosis' to the organism name 'Cryptosporidium'; both the genus name and the medical suffix are specialized and not transparent to general learners.
Etymology
Cryptosporidiosis breaks into three parts: crypto- 'hidden', sporo- 'spore' or 'seed', and -osis 'disease'. So the name means a disease from hidden spore-like parasites, which fits how it causes stomach problems and often spreads through contaminated water.