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melioidosis

[ mel-ee-oi-doh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a contagious pulmonary disease of rodents that is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei and is frequently transmitted to humans in moist climates of southeastern Asia.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of melioidosis1

1920–25; < Greek mēlí ( s ) glanders, or a similar distemper affecting asses + -oid + -osis

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