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lungsickness

lungsickness noun: a contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.

Noun

lungsickness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A 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 of lungsickness

  • contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
  • CBPP

Origin of lungsickness

From lung + sickness.

Questions about lungsickness

What does lungsickness mean?
Lungsickness means a contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.
What part of speech is lungsickness?
Lungsickness is a noun.

Words near lungsickness in the dictionary

  1. lungotas
  2. lungpower
  3. lungs
  4. lungsful
  5. lungsick
  6. lungsickness
  7. lungsought
  8. Lungtan
  9. Lungu
  10. Lungwa
  11. lungworm

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