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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that causes brucellosis. Its cells are nonmotile coccobacilli and are animal parasites and pathogens. The bacterium is transmissible to humans through contact with infected dairy products or tissue. (references) |
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Crosswords: BRUCELLA |
| Specialty definitions using "BRUCELLA": bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis infection, Brucella Vaccine, Brucellosis, Bovine ♦ caprine and ovine brucellosis, contagious abortion of sows ♦ infectious abortion ♦ porcine brucellosis ♦ swine brucellosis. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Vibe Onanie - Brucella hen (1993) | |
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Blood agar plate culture of Brucella suis. Credit: CDC. | Brucella spp. are poorly staining, small gram-negative coccobacilli (0.5-0.7 x 0.6-1.5 m), and are seen mostly as single cells and appearing like "fine sand". Credit: CDC. | ||
Brucella melitensis is a Gram-negative staining coccobacillus, and is the cause of the zoonotic disease, Brucellosis, an illness found in animals, but able to be transmitted to humans. Credit: CDC. | This is a photomicrograph of Brucella melitensis, the cause of Brucellosis. Symptoms are similar to flu and may also include severe infections of the central nervous systems, and the lining of the heart, or endocardium. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Veterinary pathologist Norman Cheville (left), molecular biologist Shirley Halling, and National Animal Disease Center director Harley Moon analyze DNA sequence reactions of a vaccine made from a modified Brucella abortus bacterium. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria of the genus Brucella. (references) | |
Various Brucella species affect sheep, goats, cattle, deer, elk, pigs, dogs, and several other animals. (references) | ||
Brucella species, usually B. abortus (cattle), B. melitensis, B.ovis (sheep, and goats), B. suis (pigs), and rarely B. canis (dogs). (references) | ||
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| "BRUCELLA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BRUCELLA" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "BRUCELLA": Brucella abortus ♦ Brucella abortus infection ♦ Brucella infection ♦ Brucella melitensis ♦ Brucella ovis infection ♦ Brucella suis infection ♦ Brucella Vaccine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
brucella | 43 |
brucella abortus | 22 |
brucella med ovis pub | 11 |
brucella canis | 7 |
brucella ovis | 6 |
brucella suis | 4 |
brucella melitensis | 4 |
brucella spp | 3 |
brucella brucellosis | 3 |
antibiogama brucella vis | 2 |
brucella weaponize | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BRUCELLA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brucellosetiter (brucella count), Bang's sygdom (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Bang's syge (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), brucella-antigen (Brucella antigen), brucella-dermatitis (Brucella dermatitis), brucellainfektion (brucella infection), brucellasepsis (brucella sepsis), brucella-stødpudeantigentest (buffered brucella antigen test), brucellose (Bang disease, Bruce septicemia, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), svingefeber (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Gibraltarfeber (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), artrit ved febris undulans caprina (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), indhold af brucella-agglutininer (degree of brucella agglutination), infektiøs abort (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), kvaegbrucellose (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), smitsom kastning (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), smitsom kastning hos kvaeg (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), smitsom kastning hos svin (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), svinebrucellose (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), artrit ved Maltafeber (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), febris undulans (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | brucellosis Bang (Bang disease, Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, contagious abortion, Cyprus fever, infectious abortion, Malte fever, undulant fever), Bang-infectie (Bang disease, Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, contagious abortion, Cyprus fever, infectious abortion, Malte fever, undulant fever), besmettelijk verwerpen (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion, contagious abortion of sows, infectious abortion, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), besmetting met Brucella (brucella infection), brucella-dermatitis (Brucella dermatitis), brucellaemia (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), brucelliasis (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), brucellose (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion, contagious abortion of sows, infectious abortion, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), brucellosis (Bang disease, Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, contagious abortion, Cyprus fever, infectious abortion, Malte fever, undulant fever), brucellosetiter (brucella count), ziekte van Bang (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), abortin,abortine (Brucella antigen), Cyprus fever (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), gebufferde brucella-antigeentest (buffered brucella antigen test), gehalte aan Brucella-agglutininen (degree of brucella agglutination), Gibraltarkoorts (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), infectieuze abortus (Bang disease, Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, contagious abortion, Cyprus fever, infectious abortion, Malte fever, undulant fever), melitococcenartritis (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), verwerpen van vee (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Brucella-bakteerin aiheuttama niveltulehdus (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), sikojen luomistauti (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), sikojen bruselloosi (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), luomistauti (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | brucellose porcine (Brucella suis infection, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), brucellose (Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis), brucellose bovine (bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection), brucellose ovine (Brucella ovis infection, ovine brucellosis), antigène de Brucella abortus (Brucella antigen), arthrite mélitococcique (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), épreuve de l'antigène brucellique tamponné (buffered brucella antigen test), fièvre de Malte (Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis), vaccin antibrucellique (brucella vaccine), fièvre ondulante (Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis), infection Brucella suis (Brucella suis infection, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), infection brucellique (brucella infection), septicémie mélitococcique (brucella sepsis), taux d'agglutines brucelliques (degree of brucella agglutination), titre brucellique (brucella count), dermatite mélitococcique (Brucella dermatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Brucellosis (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), BANG-Antigen (Brucella antigen), Bangsche Krankheit (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), Brucella-Agglutinationswert (degree of brucella agglutination), Brucella-Dermatitis (Brucella dermatitis), Brucella-Infektion (brucella infection), Brucella-Testfluessigkeit (Brucella antigen), Brucelliasis (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Brucellose des Rindes (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), Brucellosetiter (brucella count), Bruzellensepsis (brucella sepsis), Bruzellose (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Bruzelliase (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Brucellose des Schweins (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), Febris undulans (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Abortus BANG-Agglutinations-Antigen (Brucella antigen), Abortus Bang-Antigen (Brucella antigen), Abortus infectiosus (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), seuchenhaftes Verferkeln (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), infektiöser Abort (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), gepufferter Brucella-Antigen-Test (buffered brucella antigen test), Febris dissecta (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), endemische Bazillokokkie (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Cypern-Fieber (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), Abortus Bang (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), seuchenhaftes Verwerfen (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), Gibraltarfieber (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σηπτική βρουκέλλωση (brucella sepsis), βρουκέλλωση των χοίρων (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), βρουκέλλωση των αιγοπροβάτων (brucella melitensis), βρουκελλική δερματίτιδα (Brucella dermatitis), βρουκελλωσική δερματίτιδα (Brucella dermatitis), βαθμός συγκόλλησης της βρουκέλλας (degree of brucella agglutination), βουκελλικός τίτλος (brucella count), μόλυνση από βρουκέλλα (brucella infection), επιζωστική αποβολή (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), επιζωστική διακοπή της κύησης (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), αντιγόνο του εκτρωτικού βκατηριδίου του βοός ή βόειος βρουκέλλα (Brucella antigen), δερματίτιδα σε βρουκέλλωση (Brucella dermatitis), δερματίτιδα μελιτοκοκκική (Brucella dermatitis), δερματίτιδα από βρουκέλλα (Brucella dermatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | brucellosi del montone da Brucella ovis (Brucella ovis infection, ovine brucellosis), brucellemia (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), brucellosi (brucellosis), brucellosi bovina (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), brucellosi dei bovini (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), brucellosi ovina (Brucella ovis infection, ovine brucellosis), brucellosi suina (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), brucellosi da Brucella suis (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), malattia o morbo di Bang (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), aborto epizootico (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), aborto epizootico dei suini (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), aborto infettivo (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), antigene della Brucella abortus (Brucella antigen), artrite da brucellosi (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), artrite melitococcica (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), prova all'antigene di brucella tamponato (buffered brucella antigen test), dermatobrucellosi (Brucella dermatitis), aborto contagioso (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), infezione brucellare (Bang disease, brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), tasso delle agglutine brucellari (degree of brucella agglutination), febbre ondulante (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malta fever, Malte fever, Neapolitan fever, undulant fever), febbre maltese (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), dermatite brucellare (Brucella dermatitis), tasso brucellare (brucella count). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ucellabray brucelose suína (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), brucelose (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), título brucélico (brucella count), septicemia melitocócica (brucella sepsis), prova de antigénio brucélico tamponado (buffered brucella antigen test), infecção com Brucela (brucella infection), grau de aglutinação de brucelas (degree of brucella agglutination), febre ondulante (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), febre de malta (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), doença de Bang (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), dermatite de Brucella (Brucella dermatitis), antigénio da brucela abortus (Brucella antigen), aborto infeccioso (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), aborto epizoótico (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion). (various references) brucelosis ovina (Brucella ovis infection, ovine brucellosis), bruceliasis (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), brucelosis (brucellosis), brucelosis porcina (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis), brucellosis bovina (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), fiebre ondulante (Bang disease, Brucella infection, brucelliasis, brucellosis, Cyprus fever, Malte fever, undulant fever), dermatitis melitocócica (Brucella dermatitis), infección de brucelosis (brucella infection), título brucelar (brucella count), prueba del antigeno brucelar tamponado (buffered brucella antigen test), aborto contagioso (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion), septicemia melitocócica (brucella sepsis), artritis por Brucella (infectious arthritis due to Brucella species), antígeno brucelar (Brucella antigen), índice de las aglutinas brucelares (degree of brucella agglutination), aborto infeccioso (Bang's disease, bovine brucellosis, Brucella abortus infection, contagious abortion, infectious abortion). (various references) brucellos hos svin (Brucella suis infection, contagious abortion of sows, porcine brucellosis, swine brucellosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BRUCELLA": brucellae, brucellas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-l-l-r-u" | |
-1 letter: bullace, curable, rubella, rulable. | |
-2 letters: allure, baller, bullae, caller, cellar, culler, laurel, recall, rubace. | |
-3 letters: abler, acerb, baler, blare, blear, bluer, brace, bulla, caber, cable, carle, cella, clear, cruel, cuber, label, lacer, lucre, ruble, ulcer, ureal. | |
-4 letters: able, acre, alec, bale, ball, bare, bear, beau, bell, blae, blue, blur, brae, bull, bura, burl, call. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-l-l-r-u" | |
+1 letter: brucellae, brucellas, curveball, subcellar. | |
+2 letters: curveballs, subcellars. | |
+3 letters: articulable, bimolecular, curveballed, racquetball, subcellular. | |
+4 letters: biomolecular, cherubically, circulatable, curveballing, racquetballs, subcentrally, unrecyclable. | |
+5 letters: bimolecularly, knuckleballer, liebfraumilch, unreclaimable. | |
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