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1. abiotrophy, n. View full entry 1902
...Premature degeneration of cells or tissue (now usually within the central nervous system), esp. when hereditary or otherwise independent of external factors; an instance of this; any condition characterized by this....
2. abligate, v. View full entry 1615
...To bind; to tie up. Obs....
3. abligation, n. View full entry 1836
...App.: an act of tying up or securing something. Obs....
4. abortion, n. View full entry ?1537
...The expulsion or removal from the womb of a developing embryo or fetus, spec. (Med.) in the period before it is capable of independent survival, occurring as a...
5. abortus fever, n. View full entry 1925
...A usually mild form of brucellosis in humans caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus, the natural host of which is the cow (cf. contagious abortioncontagious2c)....
6. abscessation, n. View full entry 1922
...The condition of having abscesses; the development of abscesses. Cf. abscession2....
7. abscession, n. View full entry 1583
...†Departure, removal, elimination (obs.); the cessation or termination of a disease. Now hist....
8. acariasis, n. View full entry 1815
...Infestation, esp. of the skin, with mites or ticks; disease resulting from such infestation; an instance of this....
9. acepromazine, n. View full entry 1957
...A sedative and antipsychotic drug of the phenothiazine class, now used mainly as a tranquillizer and preanaesthetic in veterinary medicine....
10. acetonaemia | acetonemia, n. View full entry 1874
...The presence of an abnormally large quantity of acetone (or other ketone bodies) in the blood; = ketonaemia Also: a disorder characterized by this, typically occurring in overfed cows after...
11. † acopon, n. View full entry 1566
...A remedy for weariness or pain, typically in the form of a paste or oil; spec. such a remedy used to treat horses....
12. acrodermatitis, n. View full entry 1894
...Inflammation of the skin of the extremities; (with distinguishing English or scientific Latin word or words) any of various forms of this....
13. actinobacillosis, n. View full entry 1903
...Disease of cattle, other livestock, and occasionally humans caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus, typically characterized by suppurating nodules like those of actinomycosis but also seen as...
14. actinomycosis, n. View full entry 1877
...Disease caused by bacteria of the genus Actinomyces in cattle, other animals, or humans, typically characterized by the formation of nodular suppurating abscesses, most commonly in the region of the...
15. actinomycotic, adj. View full entry 1883
...Of or relating to actinomycosis; of the nature of or resembling actinomycosis....
16. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
17. aftosa, n. View full entry 1903
...Esp. in Latin America: = foot-and-mouth diseasefoot2a. Also aftosa fever....
18. agalactia, n. View full entry 1706
...Failure to produce milk after giving birth; an instance of this....
19. agalactic, adj. View full entry 1871
...Unable to produce milk, esp. (of a sheep or goat) as a result of contagious agalactia....
20. agalactous, adj. View full entry 1845
...= agalactic...
