n :  a virus disease esp. of sheep that is caused by an orbivirus and is characterized by hyperemia, cyanosis, and by swelling and sloughing of the epithelium esp. about the mouth and tongue - called also soremuzzle  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  bleed·ing 
 
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