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virtual image(medicine)
virtual reality(encyclopedia)
image virtual(medicine)
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Virtual Corporation(money)

Cryptococcus (medicine) and virtual (oh)


Cryptococcus (medicine)


Cryptococcus


A genus of yeastlike fungi that reproduce by budding.

Origin: crypto-+ G. Kokkos, berry

Cryptococcus neoformans, a species that causes cryptococcosis in humans and Other mammalians and parasitises cats in some areas, although strains vary in virulence; the cells are spherical and may bud at any point on the surface or simultaneously at several points; a prominent feature is a mucoid polysaccharide capsule which may vary in width from very thin to several times the radius of the parent cell and buds combined. Once thought to be widespread in Nature, its true niche appears to be narrowing to a saprobic association with the manure and nests of pigeons; it is therefore essentially global in distribution.


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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: virtualis 'having certain qualities or powers', from Latin virtus; VIRTUE]
very nearly a particular thing
::Car ownership is a virtual necessity when you live in the country.
::Finding a cheap place to rent is a virtual impossibility in this area.
made, done, seen etc on the Internet or on a computer, rather than in the real world
::The website allows you to take a virtual tour of the Art gallery.
::constructing virtual worlds