Marek's disease

[ mar-iks, mahr- ]

/ ˈmær ɪks, ˈmɑr- /

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

a contagious cancerous disease of poultry, caused by a herpesvirus and characterized by proliferation of lymphoid cells and paralysis of a limb or the neck.

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Also called fowl paralysis, range paralysis.

Origin of Marek's disease

After Hungarian veterinarian József Marek (1868–1952), who described it in 1907

Words nearby Marek's disease

Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Frigoris, Mare Humorum, Mare Imbrium, Mare Island, Marek's disease, mare liberum, maremma, maremma sheepdog, Mare Nectaris, Marengo