leptospirosis

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

lep=to=spi=ro=sis

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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

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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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