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Definition of Liver rot
1. Noun. A disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liver Rot
Literary usage of Liver rot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1881)
"A SUCCESSION of wet seasons has spread liver-rot widely through most of the
midland, western and southern counties of England. The average rainfall over ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1870)
"... and in a few instances a much larger proportion. These diseases have spread
somewhat by the dispersion of flocks to the West and South. Liver-rot is ..."
3. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"It sucks in the blood of the liver, and it causes the disease expressively called
liver-rot. Like most internal parasites, it is very prolific, ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"The wet years 1816, 1817, 1830, 1853, and 1854 —memorable for the occurrence of
acute liver-rot in England, Germany, and France—showed that the weather also ..."
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