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perosis


A nutritional disease of young birds (e.g., chicks and turkeys) characterised by shortening and thickening of the limb bones and a deformity known as "slipped tendon," overcrowding, confinement, and wire floors without roosts are predisposing factors.

Origin: pero-+ G. -osis, condition