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enterotoxemia
[ en-tuh-roh-tok-see-mee-uh ]
noun
- Veterinary Pathology. a systemic disease of livestock, caused by intestinal toxins of the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, characterized by diarrhea and convulsions, and usually rapidly fatal.
- (not in technical use) diarrhea in domestic rabbits.
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