foot-and-mouth disease

[ foo t-n-mouth ]
/ ˈfʊt nˈmaʊθ /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

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.

Origin of foot-and-mouth disease

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby foot-and-mouth disease

foot soldier, foot the bill, foot traffic, foot valve, foot warmer, foot-and-mouth disease, foot-binding, foot-candle, foot-dragging, foot-drop, foot-in-mouth

British Dictionary definitions for foot-and-mouth disease

foot-and-mouth disease

noun

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

Medical definitions for foot-and-mouth disease

foot-and-mouth disease

n.

An acute, highly contagious degenerative viral disease of cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals, characterized by fever and the eruption of vesicles around the mouth and hoofs. hoof-and-mouth disease

Scientific definitions for foot-and-mouth disease

foot-and-mouth disease

A highly contagious disease of cattle and other hoofed animals caused by any of various viruses of the family Picornaviridae and the genus Aphthovirus , characterized by fever and the presence of blisters around the mouth and hooves.