mel•i•oi•do•sis(mel′ē oi dō′sis),USA pronunciationn.[Pathol.]
Pathologya 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.
Greek mēlí(s) glanders, or a similar distemper affecting asses + -oid + -osis