Home › Words › N › nocardiosisnocardiosisnocardiosis · noun — an infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nocardiosis ranks #42,079 of 42,962 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom translingual Nocardia + -osis.nounAn infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mycobacteriosis 58% match — infection by a mycobacterium vs nocardiosis →yersiniosis 58% match — A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica. vs nocardiosis →rhodococosis 57% match — infection with bacteria of the genus Rhodococcus. vs nocardiosis →bacteriosis 57% match — Any infection by bacteria vs nocardiosis →coccidiosis 55% match — The disease caused by coccidian infection. vs nocardiosis →coxiellosis 55% match — Any disease caused by infection with Coxiella bacteria vs nocardiosis →sarcosporidiosis 54% match — infection with the protozoan parasites of the genus Sarcocystis. vs nocardiosis →bordetellosis 54% match — An infection by bacteria of the genus Bordetella. vs nocardiosis →