# nocardiosis

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
From translingual Nocardia + -osis.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nocardiosis