black disease

1. 1.

   a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products

   Synonymssheep rotliver rotdistomatosis

   Broaderanimal disease

Questions about black disease

What does black disease mean?

black disease means "a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products".

What is another word for black disease?

Close synonyms include sheep rot, liver rot, distomatosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.