neoformans

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From neo- + fōrmāns (“shaping, forming”).

Adjective[edit]

neoformans

  1. (taxonomy) a specific epithet, e.g. of Cryptococcus neoformans, a yeast-like fungi which may cause cryptococcosis in humans.

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