Function: noun
Date: 1862
: an acute contagious febrile disease especially of cloven-footed animals that is caused by serotypes of a picornavirus (species Foot-and-mouth disease virus of the genus Aphthovirus ) and is marked by ulcerating vesicles in the mouth, about the hooves, and on the udder and teats ― called also foot-and-mouth hoof-and-mouth disease ― compare HAND , FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE