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toxoplasmosis
(tok″so-plaz-mo´sis)
a disease due to infestation with the sporozoonToxoplasma gondii. The congenital form may be asymptomatic or may produce encephalomyelitis with cerebral calcification, chorioretinitis and blindness, and even death. The acquired form is of two types: lymphadenopathic toxoplasmosis, closely resembling mononucleosis, and disseminated toxoplasmosis, with lesions involving the lungs, liver, heart, skin, muscle, brain, and meninges. Chorioretinitis occurs most often in the congenital form.
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