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Leptospirosis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Leptospirosis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.

See Also
leptospirotic black jaundice weil's disease febrile weil's syndrome acute leptospira fort bragg fever
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
zoonosis
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
canicola fever Weil's disease
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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