n, pl  -lo*ses   1  :  the condition of having or tending to develop multiple furuncles  2  :  a highly infectious disease of various salmon and trout (genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus) and their relatives that is caused by a bacterium (Aeromonas salmonicida of the family Vibrionaceae) .
 
 
 
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