distemper
IPA: dɪstˈɛmpɝ
noun
- (veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
- (archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
- A glue-based paint.
- (countable) A painting produced with this kind of paint.
verb
- To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
- To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
- To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
- To intoxicate.
- To paint using distemper.
- To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.
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Examples of "distemper" in Sentences
- Canine distemper virus and Paget's disease.
- As for cure for this distemper, there is none.
- If applied to woodwork distemper is apt to flake off.
- In Western terminology, this is a distemper technique.
- Viral diseases include canine distemper and influenza.
- One dog suffered from distemper and had to be euthanized.
- Distemper was founded on 4th of September in 1989 in Moscow.
- In vitro efficacy of ribavirin against canine distemper virus.
- Does the illness 'distemper' imply a medical meaning for 'temper'
- There is no antiviral drug effective against the canine distemper virus.
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