A fungal infection that develops in the bronchial tubes of the lungs, caused by various types of fungi.
From Greek 'bronchos' (windpipe) + 'mykes' (fungus) + '-osis' (abnormal condition or disease). The suffix '-osis' became standard in medical terminology during the 19th century for naming diseases.
While fungal lung infections sound scary, they're actually quite rare in healthy people because your lungs have built-in defenses against fungi, but patients on certain cancer treatments or with HIV are at much higher risk.
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