Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

swine fever

See more synonyms for swine fever on Thesaurus.com
noun Veterinary Pathology.
  1. hog cholera.
Show More

Origin of swine fever

First recorded in 1895–1900
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for swine fever

Historical Examples

  • We are having a grand lambing season, but there's a nasty spread of swine-fever, and the whole country's papered with handbills.

    My Friend Prospero

    Henry Harland

British Dictionary definitions for swine fever

swine fever

noun
  1. an infectious viral disease of pigs, characterized by fever, refusal to eat, weight loss, and diarrhoeaUS term: hog cholera
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012