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

I hoped the story would go away, like smallpox, rinderpest and Madison Cawthorn.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

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

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

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

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 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

The close similarity of the measles virus to the rinderpest virus suggests that the latter transferred from cattle to humans and then evolved into the measles virus by changing its properties to adapt to us.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond