canicola fever

[ kuh-nik-uh-luh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of canicola fever¹

1940–45; < New Latin, after the specific epithet of the spirochete, literally, dwelling in dogs, equivalent to Latin cani ( s ) dog + -cola, feminine of -colus -colous