rinderpest

American  

[rin-der-pest] / ˈrɪn dərˌpɛst /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. 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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rinderpest British  

/ ˈrɪndəˌpɛst /

noun

1. an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea

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Etymology

Origin of rinderpest

1860–65; < German, equivalent to Rinder cattle (plural of Rind ) + Pest pestilence

Example Sentences

In what way did rinderpest harm the colonized people of Africa?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Colonizers also brought the cattle disease rinderpest with them wherever they went.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Morbillivirus spilled over into humans from cattle, in whom it causes a devastating disease known as rinderpest, or “cattle plague,” sometime in the 10th century.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022

The UK was engaged in a relentless nationwide effort to stamp out rinderpest, and the cows weren’t given a vote as to whether they liked social distancing or not.

From Slate • May 26, 2021

Over time mutation lets animal diseases jump to people: avian influenza becomes human influenza, bovine rinderpest becomes human measles, horsepox becomes human smallpox.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann