Medical Dictionary
navel ill
noun
Medical Definition of NAVEL ILL
: a serious septicemia of newborn animals caused by pus-producing bacteria entering the body through the umbilical cord or opening and typically marked by joint inflammation or arthritis accompanied by generalized pyemia, rapid debilitation, and commonly death—called also joint evil, joint ill, pyosepticemia
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