Malta fever

Malta fever

n.

See brucellosis.

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Malta fever

n

1. (Veterinary Science) another name for brucellosis

2. (Pathology) another name for brucellosis

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bru•cel•lo•sis

(ˌbru səˈloʊ sɪs)

n.

infection with bacteria of the Brucella genus, frequently causing spontaneous abortions in animals and remittent fever in humans. Also called undulant fever.

[1925–30; < New Latin Brucell(a) (after Dutch. Bruce; see -ella) + -osis]

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Noun

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Malta fever - infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache brucellosis, Gibraltar fever, Mediterranean fever, Rock fever, undulant fever infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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