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Definition: Black Disease |
Black DiseaseNoun1. A disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | An acute, infectious disease of sheep, sometimes of cattle, and rarely of pigs and horses, caused by Costridium novyi Type B. The organism multiplies in areas of liver necrosis resulting from the migration of liver flukes, and it produces a powerful necrotizing toxin. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Black DiseaseSynonyms: distomatosis (n), liver rot (n), sheep rot (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: inh (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: Black Disease |
| English words defined with "black disease": black knot, Black rust ♦ Pellicularia filamentosa, potato fungus ♦ Rhizoctinia solani ♦ Yellow fever. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "black disease": black disease of sheep, Blains ♦ pébrine. (references) |
Expression using "black disease": black disease of sheep. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "black disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | black disease (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), tysk bradsot (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), infektioes nekrotiserende hepatitis (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | necrotiserende hepatitis (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tarttuva kuolioinen maksatulehdus (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | black disease (black disease of sheep), hépatite infectieuse nécrosante du mouton (black disease of sheep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | infektiöse Leberentzündung der Schafe (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), deutscher Bradsot (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηπατοξαιμία του προβάτου (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | black disease (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), malattia nera (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), infezione da Clostridium novyi o oedematiens (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), epatite necrotica infettiva (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), epatite necrotica degli ovini (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackblay iseaseday hepatite necrótica infecciosa dos ovinos (black disease of sheep, bradsot, braxy, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, Clostridium septicum enterotoxaemia, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis), doença negra dos ovinos (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) peste negra de los ovinos (black disease of sheep, Clostridium novyi or Clostridium oedematiens infection, infectious necrotic hepatitis, necrotic hepatitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hepatitis infectiosa necrotica. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-e-i-k-l-s-s" | |
-2 letters: backslides, leasebacks. | |
-3 letters: backsides, backslide, escalades, kielbasas, lakesides, leaseback. | |
-4 letters: abscised, abseiled, alcaides, assailed, backless, backside, backslid, beadlike, beakless, bekissed, beladies, debacles, decibels, declasse, diabases, diebacks, disables, escalade, idealess, kielbasa, kissable, lakeside, scablike, scalades, seisable, sickbeds. | |
-5 letters: abelias, abscise, abseils, acedias, aediles, aidless, alcades, alcaide, aliases, alsikes, asslike, bailees, balases, baldies, beadles, bedecks, bedless. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 63 6B      44 69 73 65 61 73 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000100 01101001 01110011 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a c k   D i s e a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0063 006B      0044 0069 0073 0065 0061 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3678676977238758571678571 |
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