leptospirosis
leptospirosis noun: an acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
Noun
leptospirosis (countable and uncountable, plural leptospiroses)
- An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
- Synonyms:
- Weil’s disease, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever, 7-day fever, rat catcher's yellows, Fort Bragg fever, black jaundice, pretibial fever, rat fever
leptospirosis meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Malay
leptospirosis in Tamil
- disease
- எலிக்காய்ச்சல் elikkāyccal
leptospirosis in Kannada
- ಲೆಪ್ರೋ, ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾನವರಿಗೆ ತಗಲುವ ಕಾಯಿಲೆ
leptospirosis in Arabic
- disease
- داء البريميات
leptospirosis in Malay
- disease
- leptospirosis
More languagesFewer languages
- leptospirosis in Thai
- ฉี่หนู chìi-nǔu
Synonyms of leptospirosis
- Weil’s disease
- canicola fever
- canefield fever
- nanukayami fever
- 7-day fever
- rat catcher's yellows
- Fort Bragg fever
- black jaundice
- pretibial fever
- rat fever
Forms of leptospirosis
| plural | leptospiroses |
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Origin of leptospirosis
From Leptospira + -osis.
Words formed from leptospirosis
Questions about leptospirosis
- What does leptospirosis mean?
- Leptospirosis means an acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
- What is leptospirosis in Tamil?
- Leptospirosis in Tamil is எலிக்காய்ச்சல் (elikkāyccal). See Leptospirosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is leptospirosis?
- Leptospirosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of leptospirosis?
- The plural of leptospirosis is leptospiroses.
Words near leptospirosis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: leptospirosis (page history and authors); leptospirosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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