/brak"see/ , Vet. Pathol.
n.
1. Also called bradsot . an acute inflammatory disease of the intestines of sheep, caused by a bacterium, Clostridium septicum.
adj.
2. affected with braxy.
[ 1775-85; back formation from braxes ( brax for bracks (pl. of brack, OE braec rheum; akin to BREAK) + -es pl. ending) ]