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Marek's disease

[mar-iks, mahr-]
–noun Veterinary Pathology.
a contagious cancerous disease of poultry, caused by a herpesvirus and characterized by proliferation of lymphoid cells and paralysis of a limb or the neck.


Origin:
after Hungarian veterinarian József Marek (1868–1952), who described it in 1907
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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.

Main Entry: range paralysis
Function: noun
: NEUROLYMPHOMATOSIS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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