Medical Definition of Heartwater

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 Heartwater

heartsicknesses
heartsome
heartsome
heartsomely
heartsore
heartstricken
heartstrike
heartstring
heartstring
heartstrings
heartstruck
heartswelling
heartthrob
heartthrobs
heartwarming
heartwater (current term)
heartwater disease
heartwood
heartwood
heartwoods
heartworm
heartworm
heartworms
hearty
hearty
heartyhale
heart and lung transplant
heart and soul
heart aneurysm
heart antigen

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