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  • 71Johne's disease — noun Etymology: Heinrich A. Johne died 1910 German bacteriologist Date: 1907 a chronic often fatal contagious enteritis of ruminants and especially of cattle that is caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium paratuberculosis) and is characterized by… …

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  • 72scrapie — noun Etymology: 1scrape Date: 1910 a usually fatal spongiform encephalopathy especially of sheep that is caused by a prion and is characterized by twitching, intense itching, excessive thirst, emaciation, weakness, and finally paralysis …

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  • 73surra — noun Etymology: Marathi sūra wheezing sound Date: 1883 a serious tropical or subtropical disease of domestic animals that is caused by a trypanosome (Trypanosoma evansi), is transmitted by biting flies, and is marked especially by fever, anemia,… …

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  • 74lean — I. verb (leaned; leaning) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; akin to Old High German hlinēn to lean, Greek klinein, Latin clinare Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to incline, deviate, or bend from a… …

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  • 75Marcus Aurelius — Not to be confused with Aurelian. Marcus Aurelius 16th Emperor of the Roman Empire Bust of Marcus Aurelius in the Glyptothek, Munich …

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  • 76Jean-Paul Marat — Infobox Person name = Jean Paul Marat image size = 200px caption = birth date = May 24, 1743 birth place = Boudry, Neuchâtel, Switzerland death date = July 13, 1793 death place = education = occupation = Scientist, Physician title = spouse =… …

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  • 77Eisenhower and German POWs — Canadian novelist James Bacque has alleged that U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower oversaw the deaths by starvation or exposure of one million German prisoners of war held in Western internment camps after the Second World War. Bacque charges that… …

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  • 78Great Leap Forward — For other uses, see Great Leap Forward (disambiguation). History of the People s Republic of China   &#1 …

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  • 79Elisabeth of Bavaria — Infobox Austrian Royalty|empress|consort name =Elisabeth of Bavaria title =Empress consort of Austria; Queen consort of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia caption = reign =24 April, 1854 10 September, 1898 spouse =Franz Joseph I issue =Archduchess… …

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  • 80Tsetse fly — This page is about the insect. For other meanings, see Tsetse (disambiguation). Tsetse fly Tsetse fly Scientific classification Kingdom …

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