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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•nic′o•la fe′ver (kə nik′ə lə),USA pronunciation [Pathol.]- 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. Cf. canine leptospirosis, leptospirosis.
- Neo-Latin, after the specific epithet of the spirochete, literally, dwelling in dogs, equivalent. to Latin cani(s) dog + -cola, feminine of -colus -colous
- 1940–45
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