distemper meaning
- Noun: distemper dis'tempu(r)
- Any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- An angry and disagreeable mood
- ill humor [US], ill humour [Brit, Cdn] - Paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- A painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery
- Paint with distemper
Derived forms: distempered, distempering, distempers
Type of: animal disease, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], mood, paint, painting, picture, pigment, temper
Encyclopedia: Distemper
[Architecture]A paint containing earth pigments, calcium carbonate, tinting colors, glue size, or casein, mixed with water; tempera.
[Medicine]
A name for several highly contagious viral diseases of animals,especially canine distemper. In dogs,it is caused by the canine distemper virus (DISTEMPER VIRUS,CANINE). It is characterized by a diphasic fever,leukopenia,gastrointestinal and respiratory inflammation and sometimes,neurologic complications. In cats it is known as FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA. n : a disordered or abnormal bodily state esp. of quadruped mammals: as
a : a highly contagious virus disease esp. of dogs that is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms and that is caused by a morbillivirus —called also canine distemper
b : STRANGLES
c : PANLEUKOPENIA
d : a severe frequently fatal infectious nasopharyngeal inflammation of rabbits
- canine distemper: Noun: canine diste ...
- cat distemper: [Medicine]n : PANL ...
- distemper brush: [Architecture]A wi ...
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- the distemper held him a long time, and at length carried him off.
- girls are liable to other distempers besides the small-pox.
- dog distemper virus and immunoprophylaxis of dog distemper
- dog distemper virus and immunoprophylaxis of dog distemper
- laboratory animal-method for examination of canine distemper virus
