SINCE 1828
Marek's disease
noun
Mar·ek's disease
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Definition of Marek's disease
: a highly contagious virus disease of poultry that is marked especially by proliferation of lymphoid cells and is caused by either of two herpesviruses (species Gallid herpesvirus 2 and Gallid herpesvirus 3 of the genus Mardivirus)
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Marek's disease
noun
Mar·ek's disease
| \ ˈmar-iks-, ˈmer-
\
\
Medical Definition of Marek's disease
: a highly contagious virus disease of poultry that is characterized especially by proliferation of lymphoid cells and is caused by either of two herpesviruses (species Gallid herpesvirus 2 and Gallid herpesvirus 3)
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