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jaag·siek·te
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also jagsiekte or jaagziekte or jagziekte \ ˈyäg-ˌsēk-tə 
, -ˌzēk- \
, -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
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