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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024foot′-and-mouth′ disease′ (fŏŏt′n mouth′),USA pronunciation [Vet. Pathol.]- an acute, contagious, febrile disease of cattle, hogs, sheep, and other hoofed animals, caused by any of various rhinoviruses and characterized by vesicular eruptions in the mouth and about the hoofs, teats, and udder. Also called hoof-and-mouth disease, aphthous fever, aftosa.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: foot-and-mouth disease n - an acute highly infectious viral disease of cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats, characterized by the formation of vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the feet, esp around the hoofs
Also called: hoof-and-mouth disease, aphtha, aphthous fever Technical name: contagious stomatitis
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