- Whitmore disease
- Whit·more disease (hwitґmor) [Major Alfred Whitmore, English surgeon in India, 1876–1946] melioidosis.
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Whitmore disease
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Whitmore disease — melioidosis … Medical dictionary
Disease, Whitmore's — An infectious illness, also called melioidosis, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and is caused by a bacteria called Pseudomonas pseudomallei found in soil, rice paddies and stagnant waters. Humans catch the disease… … Medical dictionary
Whitmore's disease — An infectious illness, also called melioidosis, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and is caused by a bacteria called Pseudomonas pseudomallei found in soil, rice paddies and stagnant waters. Humans catch the disease… … Medical dictionary
Whitmore's disease — /ˈwɪtmɔz dəziz/ (say witmawz duhzeez) noun → melioidosis. {named after Alfred Whitmore, 1876–1946, British pathologist who identified the disease in Burma in 1911} …
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Whitmore — Alfred, English surgeon, 1876–1946. See W. disease … Medical dictionary
Alfred Whitmore — Major Alfred Whitmore (1876 ndash;1946) was an English pathologist who, together with C.S. Krishnaswami, identified Burkholderia pseudomallei , the causative agent of melioidosis (also known as Whitmore s disease ) in opium addicts in Rangoon in… … Wikipedia
Melioidosis — An infectious illness, also called Whitmore s disease, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and is caused by a bacteria called Pseudomonas pseudomallei found in soil, rice paddies and stagnant waters. Humans catch the… … Medical dictionary
melioidosis — noun An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, endemic to some areas of Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Syn: Whitmore disease, Whitmores disease, Nightcliff gardeners disease … Wiktionary
Melioidosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A24.1 A24.4 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
