comb disease
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comb disease — noun : whitecomb … Useful english dictionary
blue comb disease — noun see blue comb … Useful english dictionary
blue comb — noun also blue comb disease Etymology: so called from its discoloring effect on the combs of fowls : a severe disease of domestic fowl and certain other birds that resembles Bright s disease of man and is due to unknown causes, although both a… … Useful english dictionary
blue comb — kōm n an acute infectious disease of domestic turkeys that is caused by a coronavirus (genus Coronavirus) and is characterized by lack of appetite, weight loss, and wet droppings called also blue comb disease, mud fever … Medical dictionary
x-disease — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: usually capitalized X : any of various usually virus diseases of obscure etiology and relationships: as a. : a viral encephalitis of man first detected in Australia called also Australian X disease b. : blue comb … Useful english dictionary
nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… … Universalium
Nail disease — or disorder Classification and external resources Onychia without granuloma ICD 10 L … Wikipedia
Hair disease — Classification and external resources Hair follicle ICD 10 L63 … Wikipedia
blue comb — Vet. Pathol. a disease of birds resembling Bright s disease in humans affecting esp. domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb. Also called x disease. [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
Wool sorter's disease — Wool Wool (w[oo^]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. [=u]r[.n][=a] wool, v[.r] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf. {Flannel},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
