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teschen disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
teschen dis-ease
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A severe and fatal form of encephalomyelitis in pigs, caused by the virus genus Teschovirus.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after the divided town of Cieszyn (Poland) / Těšín (now Czechia), where the disease was first recognised in 1929. Teschen is the German name of said town.

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What does teschen disease mean?
A severe and fatal form of encephalomyelitis in pigs, caused by the virus genus Teschovirus.
Where does teschen disease come from?
It is traced to German.

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