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VISNA

Specialty Definition: VISNA

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Food & Agriculture

A meningoencephalitis of sheep caused by a lentivirus identical with the virus of maedi-hence the commonly used name of maedi-visna. The disease is characterized by a long incubation period, up to 2 years, followed by a prolonged clinical disease in which there is incoordination, tremor and wasting for a period of up to 2 years. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

Demyelinating leukoencephalomyelitis of sheep caused by the Visna-Maedi virus. It is similiar to but not the same as scrapie. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: VISNA

Specialty definitions using "VISNA": Visna-Maedi Virus. (references)

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Expressions: VISNA

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "VISNA": Visna-Maedi, Visna-Maedi Virus.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VISNA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

maedi visna

6

visna

2
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Modern Translation: VISNA

Language Translations for "VISNA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

visna. (various references)

   

Italian

  

visna. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isnavay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: VISNA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: savin, vinas.

Words within the letters "a-i-n-s-v"

-1 letter: ains, anis, sain, vain, vans, vina, visa.

-2 letters: ain, ais, ani, ins, sin, van, vas, via, vis.

-3 letters: ai, an, as, in, is, na, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-n-s-v"
 

+1 letter: anvils, avians, avions, divans, invars, mavins, naives, navies, pavins, ravins, savine, saving, savins, silvan, spavin, vanish, viands, vinals, vincas.

 

+2 letters: alevins, avidins, cavings, evanish, evasion, flavins, invades, knavish, mayvins, naivest, natives, navaids, navvies, pavings, ravines, ravings, salving, savarin, savines, savings, shaving, silvans, slaving, spavins, staving, synovia, vaginas, vahines, vainest, valines, varnish, vicunas, vinasse, visaing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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