foot-and-mouth disease

foot-and-mouth disease  (ftn-mouth)

n.

An acute, highly contagious degenerative viral disease of cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals, characterized by fever and the eruption of vesicles around the mouth and hooves. It is usually not fatal. Also called hoof-and-mouth disease.

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foot-and-mouth disease

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats, characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp around the hoofs Also called hoof-and-mouth disease aphtha aphthous fever Technical name contagious stomatitis

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foot-and-mouth disease

A highly contagious disease of cattle and other hoofed animals caused by any of various viruses of the family Picornaviridae and the genus Aphthovirus , characterized by fever and the presence of blisters around the mouth and hooves.

Thesaurus

Noun

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foot-and-mouth disease - acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs hoof-and-mouth disease animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings