lungsickness

English

Etymology

From lung +‎ sickness.

Noun

lungsickness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, pathology) A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.
    Synonyms: contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, CBPP
    • 1901, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, number 2, page 68:
      Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date.
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