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visna
[ vis-nuh ]
noun
- Veterinary Pathology. a disease of sheep, caused by a quickly mutating lentivirus, and affecting the central nervous system.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of visna1
First recorded in 1955–60, visna is from the Old Norse word visna to wither
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