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

Noun

a highly infectious viral disease of cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats, in which blisters form in the mouth and on the feet

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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

1.

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