Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Mar·ek's disease Pronunciation:
'mar-iks-, 'mer- Function:
noun : a highly contagious viral disease of poultry that is characterizedespecially by proliferation of lymphoid cells and is caused by a herpesvirus having several serotypes
Maráek /'mo-rek,/ Jozsef (1867–1952), Hungarianveterinarian. Marek first described the cancerous disease known as Marek's disease in 1907.
[mar-iks, mahr-] 