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canicola fever
[ kuh-nik-uh-luh ]
noun
, Pathology.
- 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.
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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
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