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MURRAIN (derived through O. Fr. morine, from Lat. mori, to die)

MURRAIN (derived through O. Fr. morine, from See also:
LAT
Lat. mori, to See also:
DIE
DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)
die) , a See also:

general See also:

TERM

term for various virulent diseases in domesticated animals, synonymous with See also:

PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague or epizooty . The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal diseases are dealt with under See also:

RINDERPEST (German for " cattle-plague," which is. the English synonym)

RINDERPEST; PLEURO-See also:

PNEUMONIA (Gr. ?rveu AMP, lung)

PNEUMONIA; See also:

ANTHRAX (the Greek for " coal,” or " carbuncle," so called by the ancients because they regarded it as burning like coal; cf. the French equivalent charbon; also known as fievre charbonneuse, Milzbrand, splenic fever, and malignant pustule)

ANTHRAX; and See also:

FOOT

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE . See also VETERINARY See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

SCIENCE .

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