brucellosis

English

Etymology

Brucella +‎ -osis

Noun

brucellosis (countable and uncountable, plural brucelloses)

(medicine) Infection by the bacterium, Brucella, which is carried by ruminants. Symptoms include recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression and generalized aches and pains.

Synonyms

abortus fever
undulant fever
Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Cyprus fever, Gibraltar fever, goat fever, Italian fever, Malta fever, Neapolitan fever (dated)

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Translations

infection by the bacterium, Brucella

Armenian: բրուցելոզ (brucʿeloz)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 波狀熱, 波状热 (bo¹ zong⁶ jit⁶)

Mandarin: 波狀熱 (zh), 波状热 (zh) (bōzhuàngrè)
Czech: brucelóza (cs) f

French: brucellose (fr) f
Italian: brucellosi (it) f
Japanese: 波状熱 (はじょうねつ, hajōnetsu)
Portuguese: brucelose f
Turkish: bruselloz, Malta humması (tr)

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