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fish-handler's disease

fish-handler's disease noun: a bacterial infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

Noun

fish-handler's disease (uncountable)

  1. A bacterial infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

Questions about fish-handler's disease

What does fish-handler's disease mean?
Fish-handler's disease means a bacterial infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
What part of speech is fish-handler's disease?
Fish-handler's disease is a noun.

Words near fish-handler's disease in the dictionary

  1. fish-fags
  2. fish-filled
  3. fish-finder
  4. fish-goat
  5. fish-goats
  6. fish-handler's disease
  7. fish-hawk
  8. fish-hawks
  9. fish-head
  10. fish-heads
  11. fish-hook theory

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