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   Bru·cel·lo·sis

   /ˌbro͞osəˈlōsəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a bacterial disease typically affecting cattle and buffalo and causing undulant fever in humans.

   Word Origin 1930s: from modern Latin Brucella+ -osis: named after Sir David Bruce (1855–1931), the Scottish physician who identified the bacterium.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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