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单词 melioidosis
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melioidosisn.

Brit. /ˌmɛlɪɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɛliɔɪˈdoʊsəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: Greek μηλίς , -oid suffix, -osis suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μηλίς (see malis n.) + -oid suffix + -osis suffix.
Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
An infectious disease endemic in South-East Asia, northern Australia, and probably other tropical regions, which is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia psuedomallei (or Burkholderia pseudomallei), present in soil and water, and which can affect humans and other mammals, birds, and reptiles.Melioidosis sometimes resembles glanders, but can manifest itself in a variety of ways, especially as septicaemia, pneumonia, or multiple or localized abscesses.
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melioidosis1921
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > bacterial or viral disorders > [noun] > bacterial disorders
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undulant fever1896
pasteurellosis1902
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spirillosis1904
spirochaetosis1906
necrobacillosis1907
melioidosis1921
Reiter's disease1922
rickettsiosis1925
leptospirosis1926
Carrion's disease1927
treponematosis1927
bartonellosis1928
brucellosis1930
mycobacteriosis1938
listerellosis1939
listeriosis1941
shigellosis1944
Reiter's syndrome1947
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pigbel1966
mud fever1969
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TSS1980
1921 A. T. Stanton & W. Fletcher in Trans. 4th Congr. Far Eastern Assoc. Trop. Med. 197 The Greek physicians described under the name ‘Melis’ a variety of conditions resembling glanders. We propose for this disease of such varied form the name ‘Melioidosis’.
1925 A. T. Stanton & W. Fletcher in Lancet 3 Jan. 10/2 Melioidosis..apart from one case in Singapore, has been recognised nowhere except in the towns of Rangoon and Kuala Lumpur.
1939 Nature 11 Nov. 801/1 The great plague of Athens in 430 b.c. may, Scott believes, have been melioidosis.
1952 M. E. Florey Clin. Appl. Antibiotics I. viii. 237 Five West African soldiers employed in Burma were found to be suffering from melioidosis.
1970 K. V. F. Jubb & P. C. Kennedy Pathol. Domest. Animals (ed. 2) I. iii. 162/2 Outbreaks of melioidosis, as well as isolated cases, occur in sheep, goats, and pigs.
1990 Lancet 11 Aug. 376/2 Because the victims were all men from villages in north-eastern Thailand, we investigated melioidosis, which is endemic in that region and predominantly affects men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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