brucellosis

See also: brucel·losis

English

Etymology

Brucella +‎ -osis

Noun

brucellosis (countable and uncountable, plural brucelloses)

1. (pathology) Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms including recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains.

Synonyms

• abortus fever
• undulant fever
• Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Cyprus fever, Gibraltar fever, goat fever, Italian fever, Malta fever, Neapolitan fever (dated)

Derived terms

• brucellotic
• neurobrucellosis

Related terms

• brucellergin
• brucella

Translations

infection by the bacterium, Brucella

• Armenian: բրուցելոզ (brucʻeloz)
• Azerbaijani: bruselyoz
• Catalan: brucel·losi f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波狀熱 / 波状热 (bo¹ zong⁶ jit⁶)

  Mandarin: 波狀熱 / 波状热 (zh) (bōzhuàngrè), 馬爾他熱 / 马尔他热, 马耳他热 (Mǎ'ěrtā rè), 布魯氏菌病 / 布鲁氏菌病 (zh) (Bùlǔshìjūn bìng)

• Czech: brucelóza (cs) f
• Finnish: bruselloosi (fi)
• French: brucellose (fr) f
• Georgian: ბრუცელოზი (brucelozi)
• German: Brucellose f
• Italian: brucellosi (it) f
• Japanese: 波状熱 (はじょうねつ, hajōnetsu)
• Kazakh: сарып (saryp)
• Malayalam: മാൾട്ടാപനി (māḷṭṭāpani)
• Persian: تب مالت
• Polish: bruceloza f
• Portuguese: brucelose f
• Russian: бруцеллёз (ru) m (brucelljóz)
• Spanish: brucelosis f
• Turkish: bruselloz, Malta humması (tr)
• Uzbek: brutsellyoz (uz)