SPLENIC FEVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

Synonyms:

anthrax; splenic fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("splenic fever" is a kind of...):

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

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