brucellosis
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌbruːsəˈloʊsɪs/
- Specialized
:
brucelosis
- In humans, brucellosis can cause recurrent fever, night sweats, joint and back pain, other influenza-like symptoms, and arthritis.
- brucellosis in cattle
- brucellosis transmission
- bison brucellosis
Examples
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Preliminary data suggest that the RB51 vaccine also protects bison against brucellosis.
Academic text (2000) -
The bison is a natural host for brucellosis.
Academic text (2000) -
When his cows were quarantined with brucellosis, he was already six months behind in his bank payments.
Fiction book (1993) -
Bovine brucellosis has been nearly eliminated from livestock in the United States.
Academic text (2013) -
"Brucellosis in bison is very similar to brucellosis in cattle," says Olsen.
Academic text (2000) -
Brucellosis was detected in 2 herds that were pastured together during the spring of 2004.
Academic text (2013) -
Seventeen instances of brucellosis transmission from elk to livestock were reported during the last decade.
Academic text (2013) -
In 1992, a court case highlighted the potential for transmission of brucellosis from free-ranging wildlife to livestock in the GYA.
Academic text (2013) -
Occasionally, people contract brucellosis—called undulant fever in humans—from eating unpasteurized goat cheeses.
Academic text (1996) -
In humans, brucellosis can cause recurrent fever, night sweats, joint and back pain, other influenza-like symptoms, and arthritis.
Synonyms
A disease of farm animals, especially cows, that often causes abortion and can infect people, also called brucellosis
An illness from bacteria people get from animals or raw milk that causes fever and headache
A disease people get from animals or raw milk that causes fever and flu-like symptoms
A disease people get from animals or animal products that causes repeated fevers and headaches
An illness people get from infected animals or raw dairy when germs enter the body, causing fever and headache
A sickness you catch from sick animals, meat, or milk that causes fever and headache
Surface Forms
Morphology
brucellosis = Brucella (transparent) = brucell + osis
Formed from the bacterial genus name 'Brucella' plus the medical suffix '-osis' to indicate a disease caused by that organism, a standard medical naming pattern.
Etymology
The word brucellosis is named after British doctor David Bruce, whose name was used for the germ Brucella. The medical ending -osis means 'disease', so brucellosis is the disease caused by the Brucella germ that animals can pass to people.