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pas⋅teu⋅rel⋅lo⋅sis

  [pas-ter-uh-loh-sis]
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–noun Veterinary Pathology.
hemorrhagic septicemia.
Origin:
1900–05; < NL; see pasteurella, -osis

hemorrhagic septicemia

 
–noun Veterinary Pathology.
an acute infectious disease of animals, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, and characterized by fever, catarrhal symptoms, pneumonia, and general blood infection.
Also called pasteurellosis.
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Main Entry: hemorrhagic septicemia
Function: noun
: any of several pasteurelloses of domestic animals (as swine plague, shipping fever of cattle and lambs, and fowlcholera) that are caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella (P. multocida) and are typically marked by internal hemorrhages, fever, mucopurulent discharges, and often pneumonia anddiarrhea

Main Entry: pas·teu·rel·lo·sis
Pronunciation: "pas-t&-r&-'lO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pas·teu·rel·lo·ses /-"sEz/
: infection with or disease caused by bacteria of the genus Pasteurella —see HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA
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pasteurellosis pas·teu·rel·lo·sis (pās'chər-ə-lō'sĭs, pās'tər-)
n.
Infection with bacteria of the genus Pasteurella.

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