long-ziekte, noun

Origin:
South African Dutch, DutchShow more South African Dutch, from Dutch long lung + ziekte sickness.
obs., Pathology
lungsickness.
1852 in Stat. Law of Cape of G.H. (1862) 987Ordinance to prevent the spread of the Cattle Disease, commonly called ‘Long Ziekte’...The owner of every animal which shall have or be commonly deemed and taken to have the said disease called the ‘long ziekte,’..shall cause the same to be shut up in some kraal.
1883 M.A. Carey-Hobson Farm in Karoo 227Every now and then a case of Long-ziekte is reported, and then..immediate measures are taken to prevent its further spread.
1896 [see lungsickness].
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