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Teschen disease

Teschen disease noun: a severe and fatal form of encephalomyelitis in pigs, caused by the virus genus Teschovirus.

Noun

Teschen disease (uncountable)

  1. A severe and fatal form of encephalomyelitis in pigs, caused by the virus genus Teschovirus.

Origin of Teschen disease

Named after the divided town of Cieszyn (Poland) / Těšín (now Czechia), where the disease was first recognised in 1929. Teschen is the German name of said town.

Questions about Teschen disease

What does Teschen disease mean?
Teschen disease means a severe and fatal form of encephalomyelitis in pigs, caused by the virus genus Teschovirus.
What part of speech is Teschen disease?
Teschen disease is a noun.

Words near Teschen disease in the dictionary

  1. Tesar
  2. Tesars
  3. Tesbury
  4. Tesch
  5. teschemacherite
  6. Teschen disease
  7. teschenite
  8. teschenites
  9. teschenitic
  10. Tesches
  11. Teschner

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