dourine

dourine
/doo reen"/, n. Vet. Pathol.
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
[1880-85; < F; cf. Ar darin scabby]

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▪ equine disease
      venereal disease of horses, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma equiperdum. The disease, which involves paralysis, is incurable. Serum tests have largely eradicated it in advanced countries, where a positive test requires the destruction of the animal. Trypanosomiasis, also caused by Trypanosoma, is known in two forms, Chagas' disease and sleeping sickness (qq.v.).

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