n :  an acute contagious febrile disease esp. of cloven-hoofed animals that is caused by a picornavirus related to the rhinoviruses and is marked by ulcerating vesicles in the mouth, about the hooves, and on the udder and teats - called also aftosa , aphthous fever , foot-and-mouth , hoof-and-mouth disease  - compare HAND-FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE  .
 
 
 
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