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rinderpest (iou)



rinderpest noun. M19.
[German, from Rinder cattle (pl. of Rind) + Pest plague.]
An infectious disease of ruminants, esp. oxen, caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes; cattle-plague.