canicola fever
[ kuh-nik-uh-luh ]
nounPathology.
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.
Origin of canicola fever
11940–45; <New Latin, after the specific epithet of the spirochete, literally, dwelling in dogs, equivalent to Latin cani(s) dog + -cola, feminine of -colus-colous
- Compare canine leptospirosis, leptospirosis.
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