Meanings
nounswine fever (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyA contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV).
Synonyms: classical swine fever, CSF, hog cholera, pig plague
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV).
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Chinese Cantonese 豬瘟 /猪瘟
- 豬瘟 /猪瘟 (zyu¹ wan¹)pathology
Chinese Mandarin 豬瘟 /猪瘟
- 豬瘟 /猪瘟 (zhūwēn)pathology
Czech mor prasat
- mor prasatpathology
Danish svinepest
- svinepestpathology
Dutch varkenspest
- varkenspestpathology
Finnish sikarutto, klassinen sikarutto
- sikaruttopathology
- klassinen sikaruttopathology
French peste porcine
- peste porcinepathology
German Schweinepest
- Schweinepestpathology
Japanese 豚コレラ, 豚熱
- 豚コレラ (tonkorera)pathology
- 豚熱 (butanetsu)pathology
Korean 돼지콜레라
- 돼지콜레라 (dwaejikollera)pathology
Polish pomór świń
- pomór świńpathology
Portuguese peste suína clássica
- peste suína clássicapathology
Russian класси́ческая чума́ свине́й
- класси́ческая чума́ свине́й (klassíčeskaja čumá svinéj)pathology
Spanish peste porcina clásica
- peste porcina clásicapathology
Vietnamese dịch tả lợn
- dịch tả lợnpathology
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swine fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swine%20fever
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“swine fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swine%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swine fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swine%20fever.
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