BLACK DISEASE


Meaning of BLACK DISEASE in English

Vet. Pathol.

an acute, usually fatal disease of sheep caused by general intoxication from Clostridium novyi, an anaerobic organism that multiplies in parts of the liver damaged by the common liver fluke.

[ 1910-15 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .