dourine
[ doo-reen ]
/ dʊˈrin /
noun Veterinary Pathology.
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
Origin of dourine
1880–85; < French; compare Arabic
darin scabby
Words nearby dourine
British Dictionary definitions for dourine
dourine
/ (ˈdʊəriːn) /
noun
an infectious venereal disease of horses characterized by swollen glands, inflamed genitals, and paralysis of the hindquarters, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma equiperdum contracted during copulation
Word Origin for dourine
C19: from French, from Arabic
darina to be dirty, scabby