“+ noun
Etymology: New Latin necrophorus & necrophorum (specific epithets of Sphaerophorus necrophorus & Necrobacterium necrophorum respectively; from necr- + -phorus or -phorum, neuter of -phorus ) + bacillosis
: infection with or disease caused by a bacterium ( Sphaerophorus necrophorus or Necrobacterium necrophorum ) that is either localized (as in foot rot) or disseminated through the body of an affected mammal and that is characterized by inflammation and ulcerative or necrotic lesions — compare bullnose , calf diphtheria , quittor