distemper

noun

1. Veterinary Pathology.
   1. Also called canine distemper.an infectious disease chiefly of young dogs, caused by an unidentified virus and characterized by lethargy, fever, catarrh, photophobia, and vomiting.
   2. Also called colt distemper, equine distemper, strangles.an infectious disease of horses, caused by the bacillus Streptococcus equi and characterized by catarrh of the upper air passages and the formation of pus in the submaxillary and other lymphatic glands.
   3. Also called cat distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis, feline panleukopenia.a usually fatal viral disease of cats, characterized by fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, leading to severe dehydration.
2. a deranged condition of mind or body; a disorder or disease: a feverish distemper.
3. disorder or disturbance, especially of a political nature.

verb (used with object)

4. Obsolete. to derange physically or mentally.

noun

1. Art.
   1. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying.
   2. (formerly) the tempera technique.
2. a painting executed by this method.
3. British. whitewash; calcimine.

verb (used with object)

4. to paint in distemper.
5. British. to whitewash a wall, cottage, etc.; calcimine.

noun

1. any of various infectious diseases of animals, esp canine distemper, a highly contagious viral disease of dogs, characterized initially by high fever and a discharge from the nose and eyesSee also hard pad, strangles
2. archaic
   1. a disease or disorder
   2. disturbance
   3. discontent

verb

3. (tr) archaic to disturb

noun

1. a technique of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water, glue, size, etc, used for poster, mural, and scene painting
2. the paint used in this technique or any of various water-based paints, including, in Britain, whitewash

verb

3. (tr) to mix (pigments) with water and size
4. to paint (something) with distemper

v.

mid-14c., “to disturb,” from Old French destemprer, from Medieval Latin distemperare “vex, make ill,” literally “upset the proper balance (of bodily humors),” from dis- “un-, not” (see dis-) + Latin temperare “mingle in the proper proportion” (see temper (v.)). Related: Distempered.

n.

1550s, from distemper (v.); in reference to a disease of dogs, from 1747.

n.

1. An infectious viral disease occurring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a catarrhal discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, partial paralysis, and sometimes death.
2. A similar viral disease of cats characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea leading to dehydration, and sometimes death.
3. Any of various similar mammalian diseases.

1. An infectious disease occurring especially in dogs, caused by the canine distemper virus of the genus Morbillivirus. It is characterized by loss of appetite, a discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever, lethargy, partial paralysis caused by destruction of myelinated nerve tissue, and sometimes death.
2. An infectious disease of cats caused by the feline panleukopenia virus of the genus Parvovirus, characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea leading to dehydration, and sometimes death.