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rinderpest|ˈrɪndəpɛst|
[G. rinderpest, f. rinder, pl. of rind ox.]
A virulent, infectious disease affecting ruminant animals, esp. oxen, characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes; cattle-plague.
1865Med. Times & Gaz. 29 July 119/2 We understand that Prof. Simonds regards the disease as identical with the rinderpest or steppe murrain of Russia, Austria, etc. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. 90 Daring sceptics, who doubted the efficacy of holy water as a remedy for rinderpest. 1884Standard 10 Nov. 5/4 The outbreak of the rinderpest among the cattle which were to furnish food for the troops.
attrib.1873W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 350 He went wrong about the rinderpest rate.
fig.1881Times 17 Jan. 12/2 An organization which aims at stamping out a social rinderpest. |