liver rot
21fluke — fluke1 /floohk/, n. 1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See diag. under anchor. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. 3. either half of the… …
22distomatosis — noun a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by products • Syn: ↑black disease, ↑sheep rot, ↑liver rot • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease …
23fascioliasis — Infection with a species of Fasciola. * * * fa·sci·o·li·a·sis fə .sē ə lī ə səs, .sī n, pl a·ses .sēz infestation with or disease caused by liver flukes of the genus Fasciola (F. hepatica or F. gigantica) * * * n. an infestation of the bile ducts …
24flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …
25fascioliasis — n. an infestation of the bile ducts and liver with the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. Humans acquire the infection through eating wild watercress on which the larval stages of the parasite are present. The symptoms include fever, dyspepsia,… …
26black disease — n a fatal toxemia of sheep associated with simultaneous infection by liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) and an anaerobic toxin producing clostridium (Clostridium novyi) and characterized by liver necrosis and subcutaneous hemorrhage compare… …
27anthrax — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Minamata disease, Texas fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, altitude sickness, amebiasis, amebic dysentery,… …
28hydrophobia — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Texas fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amathophobia, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, aphthous fever,… …
29rabies — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Texas fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, aphthous fever, bacillary… …
30scabies — Synonyms and related words: Texas fever, acne, acne vulgaris, anthrax, aphthous fever, bighead, black quarter, blackleg, blackwater, blind staggers, bloody flux, broken wind, cattle plague, charbon, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, distemper …
