/keuh nik"euh leuh/ , Pathol.
an acute febrile disease of humans and dogs, characterized by inflammation of the stomach and intestines and by jaundice: caused by a spirochete, Leptospira canicola. Cf. canine leptospirosis, leptospirosis .
[ 1940-45; cani ( s ) dog + -cola, fem. of -colus -COLOUS ]