lungsickness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lung +‎ sickness.

Noun[edit]

lungsickness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, pathology) A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.
    Synonyms: contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, CBPP
    • 1901, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 2, page 68:
      Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date.