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leptorhine |
leptorrhine |
leptorrhinian |
leptorrhinic |
leptospira |
leptospirosis
| leptosporangiate
| leptosporangium
| leptostraca
| leptotene
| leptothrix
leptospirosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun leptospirosis has 1 sense
- leptospirosis(n = noun.state) swamp fever - an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever; Array has particulars: canicola fever, weil's disease
is a kind of zoonosis, zoonotic disease
OXFORD DICTIONARY
leptospirosis, n. an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, that occurs in rodents, dogs, and other mammals, and can be transmitted to man.
Etymology
LEPTO- + SPIRO-(1) + -OSIS
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