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brucellosis

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms including recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: infectious disease

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noun

Meaning 3

an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contagious abortion, Bang's disease

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Translingual Brucella Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English brucellosis From Translingual Brucella + English -osis.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բրուցելոզ (brucʻeloz) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Azerbaijani: bruselyoz — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Catalan: brucel·losi — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Chinese Cantonese: 波狀熱 /波状热 (bo1 zong6 jit6) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波狀熱 /波状热 (bōzhuàngrè) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬爾他熱 /马尔他热 — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 马耳他热 (Mǎ'ěrtā rè) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 布魯氏菌病 /布鲁氏菌病 (Bùlǔshìjūn bìng) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 布病 (Bùbìng) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Czech: brucelóza — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Finnish: bruselloosi — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • French: brucellose — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Georgian: ბრუცელოზი (brucelozi) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • German: Brucellose — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Italian: brucellosi — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Japanese: 波状熱 (hajōnetsu) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Kazakh: сарып (saryp) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Malayalam: മാൾട്ടാപനി (māḷṭṭāpani) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Persian: تب مالت — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Polish: bruceloza — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Portuguese: brucelose — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Russian: бруцеллёз (brucelljóz) — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Spanish: brucelosis — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Turkish: bruselloz — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Turkish: Malta humması — infection by the bacterium, Brucella
  • Uzbek: brutsellyoz — infection by the bacterium, Brucella