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1. (n.) rinderpest
an acute, usu. fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus
Morbillivirus.
Etymology: (1860–65; < G, =Rinder cattle (pl. of Rind) +Pest plague)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rinderpest, cattle plague
an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rinderpest
a highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rinderpest
or Cattle Plague, a fever of a malignant and contagious type; the occurrence of it in Britain is due to the importation of infected cattle from the Asiatic steppes.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. rinderpest
A viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals caused by MORBILLIVIRUS. It may be acute, subacute, or chronic with the major lesions characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the entire digestive tract.
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