Medical Dictionary

feline infectious peritonitis

noun

Medical Definition of FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS

:  an almost invariably fatal infectious disease of cats caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Coronavirus (species Feline coronavirus) and characterized by fever, weight and appetite loss, and ascites with a thick yellow fluid—abbreviation FIP

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