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canicola fever

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ca⋅nic⋅o⋅la fe⋅ver

[kuh-nik-uh-luh]
–noun Pathology.
an acute febrile disease of humans and dogs, characterized by inflammation of the stomach and intestines and by jaundice: caused by a spirochete, Leptospira canicola.


Origin:
1940–45; < NL, after the specific epithet of the spirochete, lit., dwelling in dogs, equiv. to L cani(s) dog + -cola, fem. of -colus -colous
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Main Entry: ca·nic·o·la fever
Pronunciation: k&-"nik-&-l&-
Function: noun
: an acute disease in humans and dogscharacterized by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice and caused by a spirochete of the genus Leptospira (L. canicola)
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