Murrain synonyms

mûr'ĭn

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cattle-disease
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epizootic disease
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murr
(Obsolete) A catarrh.
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texas-fever
An infectious disease of cattle first identified in Texas, characterized by high fever, anemia, and emaciation and caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Babesia that are transmitted by cattle ticks.
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plague
A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis ) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
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pox
Any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox
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pestilence
A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
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cattle-plague
Rinderpest
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disease (related)
A particular destructive process in an organ or organism, with a specific cause and characteristic symptoms; specif., an illness; ailment
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anthrax
An infectious hemorrhagic disease of wild and domesticated animals, esp. cattle and sheep, that is caused by a bacillus (Bacillus anthracis) and can be transmitted to people: it is characterized by black pustules
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Murrain Sentence Examples

  • In 1865 the rinderpest, or steppe murrain, originating amongst the vast herds of the Russian steppes, had spread westward over Europe, until it was brought to London by foreign cattle.

  • At home, a terrible murrain had fallen on the cattle, inflicting ruin on the agricultural interest; a grave commercial crisis was creating alarm in the city of London, and, in its consequences, injuring the interests of labor; while the working classes, at last roused from their long indifference, and angry at the rejection of Lord Russells bill, were assembling in their tens of thousands to demand reform.

  • This change is due to the decline of horseand cattle-rearing in the llanos, partly in consequence of political disturbances and partly of a murrain which broke out in 1843 among horses, mules and asses.

  • They breed horses, cattle and sheep, but suffer heavy losses from murrain.

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