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distemper
distemper
noun
Definition of DISTEMPER
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning <contracted some tropical distemper while he was doing research in the jungles of Borneo>
Synonyms affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble
Related Words contagion, contagious disease; contagium, infection; attack, bout, fit, spell; debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness; malaise, matter, pip; epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague
Near Antonyms fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness; fettle, shape
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