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brucellosis

Syllabification: (bru·cel·lo·sis)

Definition of brucellosis

noun

  • a bacterial disease typically affecting cattle and buffalo and causing undulant fever in humans.
    • This disease is caused by Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Brucella, in particular B. abortus

Origin:

1930s: from modern Latin Brucella + -osis: named after Sir David Bruce (1855–1931), the Scottish physician who identified the bacterium

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Definition of brucellosis in the British & World English dictionary