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rinderpest Definition

rin·der·pest (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

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

rinderpest Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: The main areas of research include rinderpest, peste des petits ruminants, vesicular stomatitis, and HIV.
  • control: Stephen Blakeway attempted to quantify the result of controlling rinderpest in south Sudan.
  • eradicate: He, from the beginning, planned to eradicate rinderpest from Africa.

Modifies a noun

  • virus: The first two groups were immune to challenge with rinderpest virus.
  • eradication: These are all encouraging signs of progress in rinderpest eradication.
  • antigen: Specific aims included: Defining the immune responses in cattle caused by rinderpest antigens expressed in a capripoxvirus.
  • vaccination: Later, rinderpest vaccination was included ( at the insistence of UNICEF ) in the work of the CAHWs.
  • campaign: Initially, UNICEF organized the rinderpest vaccination campaign as a separate exercise.

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