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distemper
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
distemper
(noun)
distemper
/dɪs
ˈ
tɛmpɚ/
noun
distemper
/dɪs
ˈ
tɛmpɚ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISTEMPER
[
noncount
]
medical
:
a serious disease of animals (such as dogs and cats) that is easily passed to other animals
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