Newcastle disease


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Newcastle disease/ˈnjʊːkɑːs(ə)l/
noun an acute infectious viral fever affecting birds, especially poultry.
– origin so named because it was first recorded near Newcastle upon Tyne in 1927.
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