epizootic hemorrhagic disease
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English
52
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A disease, often fatal, of wild ruminants, most notably white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus transmitted by certain midges, especially the species Culicoides variipennis.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Bluetongue symptoms in white-tailed deer are identical to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD)."
- "Other species, including pronghorns and mule deer, sometimes are infected, but epizootic hemorrhagic disease is most evident in white-tailed deer."
Usage
Inflected Forms
epizootic haemorrhagic disease (alternative)
Derived Forms
EHDV
Phrases
epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
EHD
epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer