miltsiekten.
/ˈmɪltsɪktə/, /ˈmɪltsiːktə/, U.S. /ˈmɪltˌsɪktə/, South African English /ˈmɪltsɪktə/, /ˈmɪltsiːktə/ South African. Veterinary Medicine.
Anthrax in livestock, which causes gross splenomegaly, esp. in cattle. Cf. milt-sickness n. at milt n. Compounds.
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1835 T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 11 May in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) (at cited word) One Fingo died from eating beef which had died of the Melt Zicte.
1835 T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 13 May in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) (at cited word) There is another fingo ill of the melt Sicte.
1877 Queenstown Free Press (S. Afr.) 1 Dec. in C. Pettman Africanderisms The oldest and most experienced of Kurveyors confess themselves flabbergasted by meltziekte.
1892 Jrnl. (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 14 Jan. 2 It may be hoped that redwater, horse-sickness, maltziekte, heartwater and other scourges will be stamped out by means of inoculation.
1914 Farmer's Ann. (S. Afr.) 117 Anthrax or Meltziekte is a virulent disease of the blood, caused by the entrance into the system of a micro-organism known as the Bacillus Anthracis.
1947 H. C. Bosman Mafeking Road xi. 63 After making their purchases they whiled away the time in discussing politics and the mealie-crops and the miltsiekte.
1972 L. G. Green When Journey's Over (1973) v. 51 You had to guard your oxen against redwater, meltsiekte and lung sickness.
1989 Personality (Durban) 6 Feb. 60 The inhabitants of Douglas..treated the disaster as if it was no worse than miltsiekte or the drought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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