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San Joaquin Valley fever (medicine) and cynical (iou)


San Joaquin Valley fever (medicine)


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primary coccidioidomycosis


A disease common in the San Joaquin Valley of California and certain additional areas in the southwestern U.S. As well as the Chaco region of Argentina, caused by inhalation of the arthroconidia of Coccidioides immitis; acute onset of symptoms resemble pneumonia or pulmonary tuberculosis, productive of sputum usually containing spores of the fungus, and accompanied by aches, malaise, severe headache, and occasionally an early erythematous or papular eruption; erythema multiforme or erythema nodosum may appear; the coccidioidin test is positive.

Synonym: desert fever, San Joaquin fever, San Joaquin Valley disease, San Joaquin Valley fever, valley fever.


cynical (iou)



cynical adjective. L16.
[formed as CYNIC + -AL1.]
Resembling or characteristic of the Cynic philosophers: distrustful or incredulous of human goodness and sincerity; sneering. L16.
R. West We were experts in disillusion, we had learned to be cynical about fresh starts. S. Naipaul One is led to the cynical conclusion that most had been opposed to the draft rather than to the war itself; passionately dedicated to saving their own skins.
Of dogs, canine. Chiefly joc. rare. E17.
cynically adverb E17.