“and-mouth disease”

The following 3 entries include the term and-mouth disease.

foot-and-mouth disease

noun

: an acute contagious febrile disease especially of cloven-footed animals that is caused by serotypes of a picornavirus (species Foot-and-mouth disease virus of the genus Aphthovirus) and is marked by ulcerating vesicles in the mouth, about the hooves, and on the udder and teats compare hand, foot and mouth disease

hand, foot and mouth disease

noun

: a usually mild contagious disease especially of young children that is caused by an enterovirus (species Human enterovirus A, especially serotype Human coxsackievirus A16) and is characterized by vesicular lesions chiefly in the mouth and on the hands and feet compare foot-and-mouth disease

hoof-and-mouth disease

noun

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