panleukopenia

English

Etymology

pan- + leukopenia

Noun

panleukopenia (usually uncountable, plural panleukopenias)

  1. A distemper of cats caused by a strain of Parvovirus.
    • 2007 February 16, Steve Friess, “1,000 Dogs and Cats Killed After Outbreak at Shelter”, in New York Times:
      The viruses were Parvovirus, canine distemper and feline panleukopenia; the bacterial infection was a fatal hemorrhagic, or bloody, pneumonia.

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