canicola fever
[ kuh-nik-uh-luh ]
/ kəˈnɪk ə lə /
noun Pathology.
an acute febrile disease of humans and dogs, characterized by inflammation of the stomach and intestines and by jaundice: caused by a spirochete, Leptospira canicola.
Compare
canine leptospirosis,
leptospirosis.
Origin of canicola fever
1940–45; < New Latin, after the specific epithet of the spirochete, literally, dwelling in dogs, equivalent to Latin
cani(s) dog +
-cola, feminine of
-colus
-colous