Catarrhal (redirected from bovine catarrhal fever)

ca·tarrh  (k-tär)

n.

Inflammation of mucous membranes, especially of the nose and throat.

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[Middle English catarre, from Old French catarrhe, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Greek katarrous, from katarrein, to flow down : kata-, cata- + rhein, to flow; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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ca·tarrhal, ca·tarrhous adj.

ca·tarrhal·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

catarrhal - of or relating to a catarrh; "catarrhal fever is any of several respiratory or oral diseases of livestock such as bluetongue in horses and sheep"