BLACK DISEASE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products

Synonyms:

black disease; distomatosis; liver rot; sheep rot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("black disease" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

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