leukoencephalitis
English
Alternative forms
leucoencephalitis
Etymology
From
leuko-
+
encephalitis
.
Noun
leukoencephalitis
(
uncountable
)
An
epizootic
disease
of
horses
, characterized by drowsiness, imperfect vision, partial paralysis of the throat, twitching of the muscles of the shoulder, unsteady gait, and softening of the white substance of the frontal lobes;
forage
poisoning
.