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rinderpest

(rin′dər pest′)

noun

an acute, infectious disease of cattle, sheep, and goats caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by fever and by hemorrhagic inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal

Origin: Ger rinder, pl. of rind, horned beast (< IE base *er-, head, horn) + pest, plague

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noun

An acute, often fatal, contagious viral disease, chiefly of cattle, characterized by ulceration of the alimentary tract and resulting in diarrhea.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: : Rinder

Origin: , genitive pl. of Rind, head of cattle, ox (from Middle High German rint, from Old High German hrind; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + Pest, plague (from Latin pestis)

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