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Newcastle disease

Syllabification: (New·cas·tle dis·ease)
Definition of Newcastle disease

noun

  • an acute infectious viral fever affecting birds, especially poultry. Also called fowl pest.

Origin:

1920s: so named because it was first recorded near Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1927

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