foot-and-mouth disease

foot-and-mouth disease
noun Date: 1862 an acute contagious febrile disease especially of cloven-footed animals that is caused by serotypes of a picornavirus (species Foot-and-mouth disease virus of the genus Aphthovirus) and is marked by ulcerating vesicles in the mouth, about the hooves, and on the udder and teats — called also foot-and-mouth, hoof-and-mouth disease — compare hand, foot and mouth disease

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  • foot-and-mouth disease — /foot n mowth /, Vet. Pathol. an acute, contagious, febrile disease of cattle, hogs, sheep, and other hoofed animals, caused by any of various rhinoviruses and characterized by vesicular eruptions in the mouth and about the hoofs, teats, and… …   Universalium

  • Foot and mouth disease — Foot Foot (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foot-and-mouth disease — [foot′ n mouth′] n. an acute, highly contagious viral disease of cloven footed animals, characterized by fever and by blisters in the mouth and around the hoofs; hoof and mouth disease: it is sometimes transmitted to humans …   English World dictionary

  • foot-and-mouth disease — foot′ and mouth′ disease n. vet a contagious viral disease of cattle and other hoofed animals, characterized by blisters in the mouth and about the hoofs Also called hoof and mouth disease • Etymology: 1860–65 …   From formal English to slang

  • foot-and-mouth disease — ► NOUN ▪ a contagious viral disease of cattle and sheep, causing ulceration of the hoofs and around the mouth …   English terms dictionary

  • Foot-and-mouth disease — Infobox Disease Name = Foot and mouth disease Caption = DiseasesDB = 31707 ICD10 = ICD10|B|08|8|b|00 ICD9 = ICD9|078.4 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005536 Taxobox color = violet name = Foot and mouth… …   Wikipedia

  • Foot-and-mouth disease — A highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting livestock cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. The virus is in the same family of viruses as those causing the common cold. The virus is spread by many routes by… …   Medical dictionary

  • foot-and-mouth disease — noun A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves. So Joe starts telling the citizen about the foot and mouth disease and the cattle traders and taking action in the matter and the citizen… …   Wiktionary

  • foot-and-mouth disease — N UNCOUNT Foot and mouth disease or foot and mouth is a serious and highly infectious disease that affects cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats …   English dictionary

  • foot-and-mouth disease — snukio ir nagų liga statusas Aprobuotas sritis gyvūnų užkrečiamosios ligos apibrėžtis Ūminė kontaginė virusinė poranagių gyvūnų liga, pasireiškianti karščiavimu ir pūslelių (aftų) susidarymu snukio gleivinėje, tarpunagėse ir tešmens odoje.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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