noun
infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
• Syn: ↑brucellosis, ↑undulant fever, ↑Gibraltar fever, ↑Rock fever, ↑Mediterranean fever
• Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease
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nounUsage: usually capitalized M
: brucellosis caused by a bacterium (Brucella melitensis)
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Pathol.
brucellosis.
[1865-70]
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Malta fever noun
Undulant fever, once common in Malta (see also ↑brucellosis)
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Main Entry: ↑Malta
Useful english dictionary. 2012.