n, pl  -co*ses   :  a disease of humans and domestic animals caused by a fungus of the genus Coccidioides (C. immitis) and marked esp. by fever and localized pulmonary symptoms - called also San Joaquin fever , San Joaquin valley fever , valley fever  .
 
 
 
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