'brucellosis' definitions:
Definition of 'brucellosis'
From: WordNet
noun
Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache [syn: brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever]
noun
An infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings [syn: brucellosis, contagious abortion, Bang's disease]
Definition of 'brucellosis'
From: GCIDE
- malta fever \malta fever\ n. (Med.) An infectious disease contracted from meat or milk products from infected domestic animals; called also brucellosis and undulant fever. [WordNet 1.5]