lungsiekte, noun

Forms:
Also lung ziekt.
Origin:
DutchShow more Partial translation of Dutch longziekte, see long-ziekte.
obs., Pathology
lungsickness.
1859 D. in Cape Monthly Mag. V. Feb. 107Here, you Cobus, take this horse. How are the oxen? none gone? no lungsiekte?
1886 G.A. Farini Through Kalahari Desert 64We have sickness among the flocks and herds to contend with. First, the lung ziekt, or lung-sickness.
1937 H. Klein Stage Coach Dust 172A closer inspection disclosed that ‘Lungsiekte’ (lung disease) had broken out among the herd.
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