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LOOPING ILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does looping ill mean?
• LOOPING ILL (noun)
The noun LOOPING ILL has 1 sense:
1. an acute viral disease of the nervous system in sheep; can be transmitted by Ixodes ricinus
Familiarity information: LOOPING ILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute viral disease of the nervous system in sheep; can be transmitted by Ixodes ricinus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("looping ill" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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