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Teschen disease

noun

Tesch·​en disease ˈte-shən- How to pronounce Teschen disease (audio)
: a now uncommon mild to severe encephalomyelitis of swine that is caused by a {d|link|picornavirus|picornavirus} (genus Teschovirus), that is marked by lesions of the central nervous system and by varying degrees of systemic paralysis, and that is considered analogous to human polio

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“Teschen disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Teschen%20disease. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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