foot rot

See also: footrot

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Noun

foot rot (countable and uncountable, plural foot rots)

1. 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.
2. A disease of plants, affecting the stalk or the trunk.
3. (slang) athlete's foot

Translations

infection of the hoof

• Finnish: sorkkavälin ajotulehdus
• Welsh: y pwd m, llaid m

infection of the plants

• Finnish: tyvimätä (fi)

athlete's foot — see athlete's foot