lungsickness

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noun

A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.

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contagious bovine pleuropneumoniaCBPP
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Meanings

nounlungsickness (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablemedicineA contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.

    Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date.

    1901, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 2, page 68

    Synonyms: contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, CBPP

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.

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contagious bovine pleuropneumoniaCBPP

Origin

From lung + sickness.

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Chicago

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