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| lep·to·spi·ro·sis [ lèptə spī rṓssiss ] |
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disease of people and domestic animals: an infectious disease occurring in human beings and domestic animals and affecting the kidneys and liver, caused by spiral-shaped bacteria spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. In human beings a significant form of the disease is Weil's disease.
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Leptospira, literally "small coil"] |
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