melioidosis

[ mel-ee-oi-doh-sis ]
/ ˌmɛl i ɔɪˈdoʊ sɪs /

noun Pathology.

a contagious pulmonary disease of rodents that is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei and is frequently transmitted to humans in moist climates of southeastern Asia.

Origin of melioidosis

1920–25; < Greek mēlí(s) glanders, or a similar distemper affecting asses + -oid + -osis

Words nearby melioidosis

melilite, melilla, melilot, melinda, melinite, melioidosis, meliorate, melioration, meliorism, meliority, melisma

Medical definitions for melioidosis

melioidosis
[ mĕl′ē-oi-dō′sĭs ]

n.

An infectious disease, primarily affecting rodents in India and Southeast Asia but also communicable to humans, that is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas pseudomallei; it produces a characteristic caseous nodule that breaks down into an abscess.