FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foot-and-mouth disease mean? 

• FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (noun)
  The noun FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs

  Familiarity information: FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-and-mouth disease

Hypernyms ("foot-and-mouth disease" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Aphthoviruses are found in cloven-hooved animals and cause foot-and-mouth disease in humans.

(Aphthovirus, NCI Thesaurus)