Meanings
plural leptospiroses
- countableuncountableAn acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
Synonyms: Weil’s disease, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever, 7-day fever, rat catcher's yellows, Fort Bragg fever, black jaundice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic داء البريميات
- داء البريمياتdisease
Chinese Mandarin 鉤端螺旋體病 /钩端螺旋体病, 鈎体病
- 鉤端螺旋體病 /钩端螺旋体病 (gōuduān luóxuántǐbìng)disease
- 鈎体病 (gōutǐbìng)disease
Czech leptospiróza
- leptospirózadisease
Finnish leptospiroosi
- leptospiroosidisease
French leptospirose
- leptospirosedisease
German Leptospirose
- Leptospirosedisease
Hebrew עַכְבֶּרֶת
- עַכְבֶּרֶת ('achbéret)disease
Japanese レプトスピラ症
- レプトスピラ症 (reputosupira-shō)disease
Malay leptospirosis
- leptospirosisdisease
Portuguese leptospirose
- leptospirosedisease
Romanian leptospiroză
- leptospirozădisease
Russian лептоспиро́з
- лептоспиро́з (leptospiróz)disease
Swedish leptospiros
- leptospirosdisease
Tamil எலிக்காய்ச்சல்
- எலிக்காய்ச்சல் (elikkāyccal)disease
Thai ฉี่หนู
- ฉี่หนู (chìi-nǔu)disease
Turkish leptospiroz
- leptospirozdisease
Cite this entry
leptospirosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leptospirosis
“leptospirosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leptospirosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leptospirosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leptospirosis.
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