melioidosis
/ˌmɛlɪɔɪˈdəʊsɪs
/noun [mass noun]
An infectious disease of rodents, similar to glanders. It is occasionally transmitted to people, in whom it can cause pneumonia, multiple abscesses, and septicaemia.
- The agent is the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei.
- Seroprevalence data may indicate that many more than those who present with overt disease have latent melioidosis and may be at a risk of a relapse.
- Authorities in Singapore have expressed concern about the rising death toll from the tropical disease melioidosis.
Origin
1920s: from Greek mēlis, denoting a disease (probably glanders) affecting asses, + -oid + -osis.
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