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Brill's disease
Word Origin
noun
,
Pathology.
1.
a relatively mild form of typhus.
Origin of
Brill's disease
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named after N. E.
Brill
(1859-1925), American physician
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2017.
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Brill's disease
in Medicine
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Brill's disease
(brĭlz)
n.
See
Brill-Zinsser disease
.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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