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canicola fever

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[kuh-nik-uh-luh] / kəˈnɪk ə lə /

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.

Etymology

Origin of canicola fever

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

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