also  jaag*ziek*te  or  jag*siek*te  or  jag*ziek*te  n :  a chronic contagious pneumonitis of sheep and sometimes goats that is prob. caused by a virus and that is characterized by proliferation of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium and occlusion of the alveoli and terminal bronchioles .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  jagsiekte 
 
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