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marburg disease
a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys. -
occupational disease
Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation. -
wilt
to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do. -
blackleg
a person who acts against the interests of a trade union, as by continuing to work during a strike or taking over a striker's job -
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(pathology, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues. -
canine leptospirosis
an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.