pleuropneumonia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- pleuropneumonic adjective
Etymology
Origin of pleuropneumonia
Example Sentences
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The horse developed pleuropneumonia - a bacterial respiratory infection - after the race.
From BBC
During the slaughter of cattle for pleuropneumonia careful examinations of the carcasses were made for tuberculosis.
From Project Gutenberg
Contagious pleuropneumonia is an acute contagious disease of horses manifesting itself either as a croupous pneumonia or a pleuropneumonia with complications in the form of serous infiltrations of the subcutaneous tissues and tendons.
From Project Gutenberg
Of these organisms the largest is that which produces pleuropneumonia in cattle, and this alone has been cultivated.
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It is frequently met with in influenza, contagious pleuropneumonia, hog-cholera and rheumatism.
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