dourine

American

[doo-reen] / dʊˈrin /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

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

dourine British

/ ˈdʊəriːn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Verge

Dourine continues to infect animals in Asia, Africa, and South America.

From The Verge

Blood is drawn upon arrival, screening for dourine, glanders, equine piroplasmosis and equine infectious anemia, and the horses are monitored by veterinarians.

From New York Times

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Dourine is a genital disease peculiar only to horses.

From Time Magazine Archive

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