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Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.

Adv

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Sinonieme

contagious ecthyma

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɔːf/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old Norse: hrufa

In summary

From the same source as Etymology 1, or from Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).