hoof-and-mouth disease

See foot-and-mouth disease.

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foot′-and-mouth′ disease`

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.

[1860–65]

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hoof-and-mouth disease - acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs

foot-and-mouth disease

animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

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