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brucellosis

bru·cel·lo·sis [ brssə lṓssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
infectious disease: a chronic infectious disease of some domestic animals that can be transmitted to human beings through contaminated milk.
See also  Bang's diseaseundulant fever


[Mid-20th century. < modern Latin Brucella, genus name of causative bacteria, after Sir David Bruce (1855-1931), Scottish physician]
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