X disease
US/ˈɛks.dɪ.ziz/
X disease is the alternative form of X-disease.
Meaning of X-disease
Proper noun
X-disease
- Hyperkeratosis in cattle.
- In making a diagnosis of X-disease, one must consider the insidious onset, slow course, and number of animals affected.1949, United States. Animal Industry Bureau, Report of the Preliminary Survey on "X" Disease, page 10
- A disease of stone fruits caused by a form of mycoplasma.
- Transmission of X-disease was more erratic with peach than with chokecherry buds, possibly because only low titers of the X-disease mycoplasma-like organisms (MLO) are present in infected peach trees during most of the year.1977, The Plant Disease Reporter, page 1024
Forms of X disease
| plural | X diseases |
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Questions about X disease
- What is X disease the alternative form of?
- X disease is the alternative form of X-disease.
- How do you pronounce X disease?
- X disease is pronounced /ˈɛks.dɪ.ziz/ (US).
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