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SPLENIC FEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
Synonyms:
anthrax; splenic fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("splenic fever" is a kind of...):
zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)