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Rinderpest

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rin⋅der⋅pest

  [rin-der-pest]
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–noun Veterinary Pathology.
an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
Also called cattle plague.

Origin:
1860–65; < G, equiv. to Rinder cattle (pl. of Rind) + Pest pestilence
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rin·der·pest   (rĭn'dər-pěst')   
n.  An acute, often fatal, contagious viral disease, chiefly of cattle, characterized by ulceration of the alimentary tract and resulting in diarrhea.

[German : Rinder, genitive pl. of Rind, head of cattle, ox (from Middle High German rint, from Old High German hrind; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots) + Pest, plague (from Latin pestis).]
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Main Entry: rin·der·pest
Pronunciation: 'rin-d&r-"pest
Function: noun
: an acute infectious febrile disease of ruminant animals (as cattle)that is caused by a morbillivirus and is marked by diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes called also cattle plague
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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