jaagsiekte

noun

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jaag·siek·te

variants: also jagsiekte or jaagziekte or jagziekte \ ˈyäg-ˌsēk-tə

, -ˌzēk-

Medical Definition of jaagsiekte

: a chronic contagious pneumonitis of sheep and sometimes goats that is caused by a retrovirus (species Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma virus of the genus Betaretrovirus) and that is characterized by proliferation of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium and occlusion of the alveoli and terminal bronchioles

— called also ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, ovine pulmonary adenomatosis, pulmonary adenomatosis