hoof-and-mouth disease
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hoof-and-mouth disease — [ho͞of΄ən mouth′, hoof΄ən mouth′] n. var. of FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE … English World dictionary
hoof-and-mouth disease — n FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE * * * foot and mouth disease in domestic animals … Medical dictionary
hoof-and-mouth disease — noun uncount AMERICAN FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hoof-and-mouth disease — hoof′ and mouth′ disease n. vet foot and mouth disease • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
hoof-and-mouth disease — noun acute contagious disease of cloven footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs • Syn: ↑foot and mouth disease • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun [noncount] : ↑foot and mouth disease * * * ˌhoof and ˈmouth disease 7 … Useful english dictionary
hoof-and-mouth disease — Synonyms and related words: Texas fever, anthrax, aphthous fever, bighead, black quarter, blackleg, blackwater, blind staggers, bloody flux, broken wind, cattle plague, charbon, distemper, foot and mouth disease, gapes, glanders, heaves, hog… … Moby Thesaurus
hoof-and-mouth disease — noun Date: 1884 foot and mouth disease … New Collegiate Dictionary
Foot-and-mouth disease — Infobox Disease Name = Foot and mouth disease Caption = DiseasesDB = 31707 ICD10 = ICD10|B|08|8|b|00 ICD9 = ICD9|078.4 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005536 Taxobox color = violet name = Foot and mouth… … Wikipedia
foot-and-mouth disease — /foot n mowth /, Vet. Pathol. an acute, contagious, febrile disease of cattle, hogs, sheep, and other hoofed animals, caused by any of various rhinoviruses and characterized by vesicular eruptions in the mouth and about the hoofs, teats, and… … Universalium
Foot-and-mouth disease — A highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting livestock cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. The virus is in the same family of viruses as those causing the common cold. The virus is spread by many routes by… … Medical dictionary
