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meliodosis

meliodosis is the misspelling of melioidosis.

Meaning of melioidosis

Noun

melioidosis (uncountable)

  1. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, endemic to some areas of Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
    • A close relative of the agent of glanders, B. pseudomallei causes a disease (melioidosis) with clinical manifestations including asymptomatic pneumonitis, acute or chronic pneumonia, and overwhelming septicemia.2005, Mark A. Suckov, Alexander Valisenko, Nikolai Tokarevich, Chapter 3: Animals Models in Biodefense Research, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro, Gerald L. Van Hoosier, Jr. (editors), Handbook of...

Questions about meliodosis

What is meliodosis the misspelling of?
Meliodosis is the misspelling of melioidosis.

Words near meliodosis in the dictionary

  1. melinitic
  2. melinjo
  3. Melinoe
  4. Melinoë
  5. Melins
  6. meliodosis
  7. melioidosis
  8. melioidotic
  9. meliolaceous
  10. melioline
  11. meliorability

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