foot rot
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Noun
foot rot (countable and uncountable, plural foot rots)
- A common infection of the hoof of animals such as cattle, sheep and goat caused by two species of anaerobic bacteria, Fusobacterium necrophorum and Bacteroides melaninogenicus; infectious pododermatitis.
- A disease of plants, affecting the stalk or the trunk.
- (slang) athlete's foot
Translations
infection of the hoof
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athlete's foot — see athlete's foot