Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Af·ri·can horse sickness Pronunciation:
"af-ri-k&n- Function:
noun : a serious and commonly fatal disease of horses that iscaused by any of a group of closely related orbiviruses, that is endemic in parts of central and southern Africa, that is characterized by fever, edematous swellings, and internal hemorrhage, and thatis transmitted by some biting flies called also
horsesickness
