melioidosis
(mĕlˌē-oi-dōˈsĭs)
noun A highly fatal infectious bacterial disease, primarily occurring in rodents in India and Southeast Asia, that is characterized in humans by systemic caseous nodules.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin mēlioīdōsis
Origin: : Greek mēlis, a disease of asses usually taken to be glanders
Origin: + -oid
Origin: + -osis
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