Dourine Definition

do͝o-rēn
noun
A sexually transmitted disease of horses and donkeys, caused by a protozoan (Trypanosoma equiperdum) and characterized by inflammation of the genitals and lymph nodes, and paralysis of the hind legs.
Webster's New World

Origin of Dourine

  • French from Arabic darina mangy (said of a female camel) feminine of darin dirty from darina to be dirty drn in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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