SPLENIC FEVER
| Pronunciation (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does splenic fever mean? • SPLENIC FEVER (noun)
The noun SPLENIC FEVER has 1 sense:
1. a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
Familiarity information: SPLENIC FEVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SPLENIC FEVER (noun)
Meaning:
A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
anthrax; splenic fever
Hypernyms ("splenic fever" is a kind of...):
zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"To err is human; to forgive is divine." (English proverb)
"A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once." (William Shakespeare)
"The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing." (Arabic proverb)
"Theory dominates practice." (Corsican proverb)
Page delivered in 0.0491 seconds
|
