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CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contagious abortion mean?
• CONTAGIOUS ABORTION (noun)
The noun CONTAGIOUS ABORTION has 1 sense:
1. an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
Familiarity information: CONTAGIOUS ABORTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Bang's disease; brucellosis; contagious abortion
Hypernyms ("contagious abortion" is a kind of...):
zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)
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