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Carrion's disease

Carrion's disease noun: a disease resulting from Bartonella bacilliformis infection.

Noun

Carrion's disease (uncountable)

  1. A disease resulting from Bartonella bacilliformis infection.
    Synonyms:
    Oroya fever

Synonyms of Carrion's disease

Origin of Carrion's disease

Named after Peruvian medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión (1857–1885).

Questions about Carrion's disease

What does Carrion's disease mean?
Carrion's disease means a disease resulting from Bartonella bacilliformis infection.
What part of speech is Carrion's disease?
Carrion's disease is a noun.

Words near Carrion's disease in the dictionary

  1. carrion bird
  2. carrion crow
  3. carrion crows
  4. carrion flower
  5. carrion flowers
  6. Carrion's disease
  7. carrions
  8. Carris
  9. Carrises
  10. carritch
  11. carritches

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