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broxy

broxy noun: a fatal disease of sheep.

Noun (1)

broxy (uncountable)

  1. A fatal disease of sheep.
    • Mutton, the flesh of sheep, suffering with broxy or modified anthrax and erysipelas, from severe bruises obtained in transportation, will produce disease in those who eat it.1889, Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Kansas
    • From the fact of the sheep having become thin in flesh before death, it is probably broxy.1890, American Agriculturist - Volume 49, page 532
  2. (broadly) The meat from diseased sheep.
    • If the rural poor ate birds then the urban poor ate pairings of tripe, slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).1983, Anthony S. Wohl, Endangered lives: public health in Victorian Britain, →ISBN, page 50
    • With the import of refrigerated meat the market among the poor for 'slink' (prematurely born calves) or 'broxy' (diseased sheep) mercifully contracted, although few families could have forgone tripe (cow's stomach lining.)2002, Simon Schama, A History of Britain: The fate of empire 1776-2000, page 417

Noun (2) capitalized: BrOxy

BrOxy (uncountable)

  1. bromoacetyloxytocin.
    • BrOXY (2 mg, t=*2 fxmole) was dissolved in 3.0 ml di- methylsulfoxide at room temperature.1972 July, RODERICH WALTER, I. L. SCHWARTZ, O. HECHTER, T. DOUŠA, P. L. HOFFMAN, “Bromoacetyl—Oxytocin, an Irreversible Inhibitor of Neurohypophyseal Hormone—Stimulated Adenylate Cyclase, and a...
    • Bromoacetyloxytocin (BrOXY) has been used to study the neurohypophyseal hormone receptor associated with the adenyl cyclase system of toad bladder and rabbit kidney medulla.1974, Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 9, →ISBN, page 227

Examples of broxy in a sentence

  • Briefly, it may be stated that the whole of the Veterinary Service is geared to control and prevent the spread of certain diseases such as Anthrax, Broxy.1967, Farming in Zambia - Volumes 3-6, page 11:
  • ...slink (prematurely born calves), or broxy (diseased sheep).2016 December, John Bellamy Foster, “Marx as a Food Theorist”, in Monthly Review, page 3:

Questions about broxy

What does broxy mean?
Broxy means a fatal disease of sheep.
How do you use broxy in a sentence?
Briefly, it may be stated that the whole of the Veterinary Service is geared to control and prevent the spread of certain diseases such as Anthrax, Broxy.
What part of speech is broxy?
Broxy is a noun.

Words near broxy in the dictionary

  1. Broxterman
  2. Broxtermans
  3. Broxton
  4. Broxtons
  5. Broxtowe
  6. broxy
  7. broxyquinoline
  8. Broye
  9. broyges
  10. Broyles
  11. Broyleses

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