Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brucellosis

2 senses of brucellosis

Sense 1
brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, Gibraltar fever, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever -- (infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache)
       => infectious disease -- (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Sense 2
brucellosis, contagious abortion, Bang's disease -- (an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings)
       => zoonosis, zoonotic disease -- (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)