PULLORUM DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pullorum disease mean? 

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

1. a serious bacterial disease of young chickens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULLORUM DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A serious bacterial disease of young chickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bacillary white diarrhea; bacillary white diarrhoea; pullorum disease

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

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