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tempest(2) (iou) and encephalitis virus, eastern equine (medicine)


tempest(2) (iou)



tempest verb. Now rare. LME.
[Old French tempester, formed as TEMPEST noun.]
verb trans. Affect (as) by a tempest (lit. & fig.). LME.
verb intrans. Of the wind etc.: be violently strong; rage, storm. Also impers. in it tempests, it is tempesting, etc. Now arch. & dial. L15.

encephalitis virus, eastern equine (medicine)


encephalitis virus, eastern equine


A species of alphavirus causing encephalomyelitis in equidae and humans. The virus ranges along the atlantic seaboard of the United States and Canada and as far south as the caribbean, mexico, and parts of central and south america. Infections in horses show a mortality of up to 90 percent and in humans as high as 80 percent in epidemics.