Medical Definition of Cowdriosis

1. An acute febrile disease of cattle, sheep, and goats in sub-Saharan Africa and certain islands in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans and in the Caribbean, caused by the rickettsial organism Cowdria ruminantium and transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma; some species of African antelope and European and American deer also are susceptible. Synonym: cowdriosis, veldt disease. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowdriosis

cowboy hats
cowboy shot
cowboy shots
cowboyed
cowboying
cowboyish
cowboylike
cowboys
cowboys and Indians
cowcatcher
cowcatchers
cowcumber
cowcumbers
cowden syndrome
cowdriosis (current term)
cowed
cowedly
cowen
cower
cowered
cowering
coweringly
cowers
cowfish
cowfishes
cowflap
cowflaps
cowflesh
cowflop

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