NEWCASTLE DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Newcastle disease mean? 

• NEWCASTLE DISEASE (noun)
  The noun NEWCASTLE DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. disease of domestic fowl and other birds

  Familiarity information: NEWCASTLE DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWCASTLE DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disease of domestic fowl and other birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Newcastle disease" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

 Context examples 

An oncolytic viral agent containing the oncolytic, live-attenuated strain of the paramyxovirus Newcastle disease virus (NDV), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Oncolytic Newcastle Disease Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Newcastle disease virus.

(Newcastle disease virus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Newcastle disease virus is a type of biological response modifier and vaccine therapy.

(Newcastle disease virus, NCI Dictionary)

Measles (rubeola) virus, mumps virus, and Newcastle disease virus are paramyxoviruses.

(Paramyxovirus, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Newcastle disease virus.

(NDV, NCI Dictionary)

Newcastle disease virus.

(NDV, NCI Dictionary)