black disease

/blæk dəˌziz/
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Definitions of black disease
  1. noun
    a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
    synonyms: distomatosis, liver rot, sheep rot
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    type of:
    animal disease
    a disease that typically does not affect human beings
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