coccidiosis

English

Noun

coccidiosis (countable and uncountable, plural coccidioses)

  1. (pathology) The disease caused by coccidian infection.
    • 1945, George Orwell, chapter VII, in Animal Farm:
      Nine hens had died in the meantime. Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis.

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