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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....
3. abligate, v. View full entry 1929
...Veterinary Med. To tie off with sutures or clips; to subject to the tying off of a body part....
4. abligation, n. View full entry 1929
...Veterinary Med. The tying off of a structure by means of sutures or clips....
5. abortion storm in abortion, n. View full entry 1916
...a spate of abortions in a herd or flock of domestic animals, typically as a result of an epidemic disease....
6. 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)....
7. abscessation, n. View full entry 1922
...The condition of having abscesses; the development of abscesses. Cf. abscession2....
8. abscession, n. View full entry 1583
...Med. Originally: †an abscess (obs.). In later use (Veterinary Med.): abscess formation (cf. abscessation)....
9. acariasis, n. View full entry 1815
...Infestation, esp. of the skin, with mites or ticks; disease resulting from such infestation; an instance of this....
10. 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....
11. 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...
12. † 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....
13. 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....
14. 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...
15. 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...
16. actinomycotic, adj. View full entry 1883
...Of or relating to actinomycosis; of the nature of or resembling actinomycosis....
17. African horse sickness in African, n. and adj. View full entry 1874
...a serious, often fatal, infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by an orbivirus, which is transmitted by midges of the genus Culicoides and certain other biting arthropods, and...
18. African swine fever in African, n. and adj. View full entry 1935
...a viral disease of pigs occurring in acute and chronic forms that has symptoms similar to those of hog cholera and is transmitted by ticks and by contact with infected animals and...
19. aftosa, n. View full entry 1903
...Esp. in Latin America: = foot-and-mouth diseasefoot2a. Also aftosa fever....
20. agalactia, n. View full entry 1706
...Failure to produce milk after giving birth; an instance of this....
