leptospirosis


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leptospirosis /ˌlɛptə(ʊ)spʌɪˈrəʊsɪs/
noun an infectious bacterial disease of rodents, dogs, and other mammals, transmissible to humans.
– origin 1920s: from mod. L. Leptospira, genus name of the bacteria (from lepto- + Gk speira ‘coil’) + -osis.
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