foot rot

1. 1.

   contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)

   Broaderanimal disease
2. 2.

   plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base

   Broaderplant disease

Questions about foot rot

What does foot rot mean?

foot rot means "contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is foot rot a common word?

foot rot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.