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 • Apr. 10, 2025
Some authorities are inclined to consider these variations in color on the same cut surface as the so-called marbling of pleuropneumonia.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
In contagious pleuropneumonia the large principal lobe of one side is most frequently affected, and a symmetrical disease of both lungs is very rare, if, in fact, it has ever been observed.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Some authorities look upon these bands as constituting the so-called "marbling" of pleuropneumonia.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Incubation.—The time which elapses between exposure to the contagion of pleuropneumonia and the first appearance of the symptoms of this disease varies greatly with different individuals and with different outbreaks of the disease.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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