necrobacillosis

[ nek-roh-bas-uh-loh-sis ]
/ ˌnɛk roʊˌbæs əˈloʊ sɪs /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.

Origin of necrobacillosis

1905–10; necro- + bacillosis

OTHER WORDS FROM necrobacillosis

nec·ro·bac·il·lar·y [nek-roh-bas-uh-ler-ee] /ˌnɛk roʊˈbæs əˌlɛr i/, adjective