Meanings
plural brucelloses
- countableuncountablemedicineInfection 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.
There is debate asto whether rangiferine brucellosis spread to North America across the Bering Sea land bridge duringthelast iceage,orifit was introduced in imported Russian reindeer around 1900.
2006, Robert S. Youngquist, Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology1 more example
The clash between Montana and the National Park Service, among other officials and entities that maintain the sprawling park, stems from state authorities' belief that the park's plan to manage its bison herd doesn't do enough to reduce the risk of brucellosis transmission.
2025 January 3, Jasmine Laws, “Montana Hits Yellowstone With Lawsuit Over Bison Plan”, in NewsweekSynonyms: abortus fever, undulant fever, Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Cyprus fever, Gibraltar fever, goat fever, Italian fever
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInfection 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninfectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
nounan infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Translingual Brucella + English -osis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan brucel·losi
- brucel·losiinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Chinese Cantonese 波狀熱 /波状热
- 波狀熱 /波状热 (bo¹ zong⁶ jit⁶)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
Chinese Mandarin 波狀熱 /波状热, 馬爾他熱 /马尔他热
- 波狀熱 /波状热 (bōzhuàngrè)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
- 馬爾他熱 /马尔他热infection by the bacterium, Brucella
- 马耳他热 (Mǎ'ěrtā rè)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
- 布魯氏菌病 /布鲁氏菌病 (Bùlǔshìjūn bìng)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
- 布病 (Bùbìng)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
Czech brucelóza
- brucelózainfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Finnish bruselloosi
- bruselloosiinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
French brucellose
- brucelloseinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
German Brucellose
- Brucelloseinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Italian brucellosi
- brucellosiinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Japanese 波状熱
- 波状熱 (hajōnetsu)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
Persian تب مالت
- تب مالتinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Polish bruceloza
- brucelozainfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Portuguese brucelose
- bruceloseinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Russian бруцеллёз
- бруцеллёз (brucelljóz)infection by the bacterium, Brucella
Spanish brucelosis
- brucelosisinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Turkish bruselloz, Malta humması
- brusellozinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
- Malta hummasıinfection by the bacterium, Brucella
Cite this entry
brucellosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brucellosis
“brucellosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brucellosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brucellosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brucellosis.
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