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  • 91disease — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure, rare ▪ dangerous, serious ▪ mild ▪ acute …

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  • 92infectious bronchitis — noun 1. : a virus disease of chickens marked by inflammation of the bronchial tubes and abundant secretion of mucus interfering with respiration and causing gasping and choking that is often fatal in young birds and in adults seriously interferes …

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  • 93infectious laryngotracheitis — noun : a severe highly contagious and often fatal virus disease of chickens affecting chiefly adult birds and taking the form of an inflammation of the trachea and larynx often marked by local necrosis and hemorrhage and by the formation of… …

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  • 94infectious bursal disease virus — a virus of the genus Avibirnavirus that causes infectious bursal disease in chickens …

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  • 95infectious — adjective 1》 (of a disease or disease causing organism) liable to be transmitted through the environment.     ↘liable to spread infection. 2》 likely to spread to or influence others: her enthusiasm is infectious. Derivatives infectiously adverb… …

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  • 96infectious hepatitis — noun an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑hepatitis A •… …

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  • 97Disease, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob — Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation… …

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  • 98Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob — Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation… …

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  • 99infectious myocarditis — myocarditis due to infectious agents, including bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, protozoa, spirochetes, and fungi; they may damage the myocardium by direct invasion, production of toxins, or mediation of an immunological response. Infectious… …

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  • 100Disease, Marburg — A severe form of hemorrhagic fever which affects both humans and non human primates. Caused by a genetically unique zoonotic (that is, animal borne) RNA virus of the filovirus family, its recognition led to the creation of this virus family. The… …

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