dourine

American  

[doo-reen] / dʊˈrin /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.

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dourine British  

/ ˈdʊəriːn /

noun

1. an infectious venereal disease of horses characterized by swollen glands, inflamed genitals, and paralysis of the hindquarters, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma equiperdum contracted during copulation

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Etymology

Origin of dourine

1880–85; < French; compare Arabic darin scabby

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Example Sentences

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dourine

The United States eradicated dourine in the mid-1950s, but it used to be a real problem in North America.

From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2015

Practically every one of the 10,000 was infected with dourine.

From Time Magazine Archive

But except for a few specimens, most wild horses are starving runts, and subject to a highly contagious equine disease known as dourine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although a case of dourine may now and then recover, as a rule the disease is present in the latent stage.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

Similar eruptions, but distributed less generally, about the size of a silver dollar, may occur as a symptom of dourine, or colt distemper.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

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