visna

[ vis-nuh ]

noun
  1. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of sheep, caused by a quickly mutating lentivirus, and affecting the central nervous system.

Origin of visna

1
First recorded in 1955–60, visna is from the Old Norse word visna to wither

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