lungsickness

English

Etymology

From lung +‎ sickness.

Noun

lungsickness (uncountable)

1. (archaic, pathology) A contagious bovine pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma mycoides.

   Synonyms: contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, CBPP

   • 1901, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 2, page 68:

     Lungsickness is still bad at the farm Coleford; 22 heade of cattle have died up to date.