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francisellosis

francisellosis noun: infection by Francisella bacteria.

Noun

francisellosis (uncountable)

  1. Infection by Francisella bacteria.
    • A challenge experiment on cod has been performed to show that this bacterium is the causative agent of a new disease, francisellosis, described from farmed cod. The histopathology is described from cod with chronic francisellosis.2006 July, Karl F. Ottem, “Francisella sp. (Family Francisellaceae) causing mortality in Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua) farming”, in Archives of Microbiology

Origin of francisellosis

From translingual Francisella + -osis.

Questions about francisellosis

What does francisellosis mean?
Francisellosis means infection by Francisella bacteria.
What part of speech is francisellosis?
Francisellosis is a noun.

Words near francisellosis in the dictionary

  1. Francisco
  2. Francisco de Orellana
  3. Francisco Morazán
  4. Franciscos
  5. Franciscus
  6. francisellosis
  7. francisite
  8. Francistan
  9. Francistown
  10. Francitan
  11. francium

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