Rubarth's disease

noun

Ru·​barth's disease

ˈrüˌbärt(h)s-

: a highly fatal febrile virus hepatitis of dogs marked by shivering, incoordination, spasms, and collapse accompanied by engorgement of visceral blood vessels and edema and cloudy swelling of liver, spleen, and lymph nodes

Word History

Etymology

after C. Sven Rubarth, born 1905 Swedish veterinarian

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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