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noun

A bacterial zoonotic disease, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.

Similar
spirillum fever
OriginJapanese 鼠毒 →
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Meanings

nounsodoku (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA bacterial zoonotic disease, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East

Similar
spirillum fever
Broader
ratbite fever

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Japanese鼠毒
  2. Englishsodoku

From Japanese 鼠毒.

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Cite this entry
APA

sodoku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodoku

MLA

“sodoku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodoku. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sodoku,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodoku.

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