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Chastek paralysis(medicine)
junco(dictionary)
Junco(medicine)
junco(encyclopedia)
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Chastek paralysis (medicine) and Junco (medicine)


Chastek paralysis (medicine)


Chastek paralysis


A disease of foxes and mink caused by feeding on raw fish of certain types which contain an enzyme destructive of thiamin; the thiamin deficiency causes loss of appetite, emaciation, and finally paralysis and death.


Junco (medicine)


junco
<zoology> Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches.

Synonym: snowbird, or blue snowbird.

Source: Websters Dictionary