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LEPTOSPIROSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever

Synonyms:

leptospirosis; swamp fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("leptospirosis" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leptospirosis"):

canicola fever (an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice)

Weil's disease (a severe form of leptospirosis in human beings)

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