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rinderpest
[ rin-der-pest ]
/ ˈrɪn dərˌpɛst /
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noun Veterinary Pathology.
an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
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Also called cattle plague.
Origin of rinderpest
1860–65; <German, equivalent to Rinder cattle (plural of Rind) + Pest pestilence
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rinderpest
/ (ˈrɪndəˌpɛst) /
noun
an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea
Word Origin for rinderpest
C19: German: cattle pest
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