foot-and-mouthdisease

foot-and-mouthdisease
foot-and-mouth disease (fo͝ot'n-mouthʹ) n.
An acute, highly contagious degenerative viral disease of cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals, characterized by fever and the eruption of vesicles around the mouth and hooves. It is usually not fatal. Also called hoof-and-mouth disease.

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Universalium. 2010.

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  • hand-foot-and-mouthdisease — hand foot and mouth disease (hănd fo͝ot ənd mouthʹ) n. A mild contagious disease usually occurring in children, caused by infection with a strain of coxsackievirus and characterized by fever and a blisterlike rash in the mouth and on the hands… …   Universalium

  • hoof-and-mouthdisease — hoof and mouth disease (ho͝of ən mouthʹ, ho͞of ) n. See foot and mouth disease. * * * …   Universalium

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