ˌseləˈnōsə̇s noun
( -es )
Etymology: New Latin, from selen- (II) + -osis
: poisoning of livestock by selenium due to ingestion of plants grown in seleniferous soils characterized in the acute phase by diffuse necrosis and hemorrhage resulting from capillary damage and in chronic poisoning by degenerative and fibrotic changes especially of the liver and of the skin and its derivatives — called also alkali disease, blind staggers