liver-rot

[ liv-er-rot ]

nounVeterinary Pathology.
  1. a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.

Origin of liver-rot

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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