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Definition of Vesicular stomatitis
1. Noun. A disease of horses, cattle, swine, and occasionally human beings; caused by the vesiculovirus.
Generic synonyms: Stomatitis
Medical Definition of Vesicular stomatitis
1. A vesicular disease of horses, cattle, swine, and occasionally man caused by a vesiculovirus (vesicular stomatitis virus); in horses and cattle the disease usually causes mouth vesicles which, in cattle, cannot be differentiated clinically from those of foot-and-mouth disease. (05 Mar 2000)