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brucellosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brucellosis has 2 senses
- brucellosis(n = noun.state) gibraltar fever, malta fever, mediterranean fever, rock fever, undulant fever - infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache; Array is a kind of infectious disease
- brucellosis(n = noun.state) bang's disease, contagious abortion - an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings; Array is a kind of zoonosis, zoonotic disease
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brucellosis, n. a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella, affecting esp. cattle and causing undulant fever in humans.
Etymology
Brucella f. Sir D. Bruce, Sc. physician d. 1931 + -OSIS
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