2. : a disease of cats closely related or identical to panleucopenia in which gastrointestinal symptoms predominate
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distemper1 (def. 1c). Also called feline agranulocytosis, feline infectious enteritis, feline panleukopenia.
[1940-45]
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feline enteritis or feline distemper,
a contagious virus disease of cats, usually fatal, characterized especially by diarrhea; cat distemper.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.