louping ill

noun

loup·ing ill | \ ˈlau̇-piŋ-,

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Medical Definition of louping ill

: a variable tick-borne viral disease that occurs especially in sheep and other domestic animals and sporadically in humans, that primarily affects the central nervous system, and is caused by a flavivirus (species Louping ill virus of the genus Flavivirus)

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