Weil's disease: Meaning and Definition of

Weil's' disease"

Pronunciation: (vīlz, wīlz), [key]
  1. a type of leptospirosis in humans, characterized by fever and jaundice, caused by the spirochete Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae.
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