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Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased. -- Un*sound"ly, adv. -- Un*sound"ness, n.

Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. Sir T. Browne.

The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.

cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease. -- n.

or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.

A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also vinquish.]

Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.

Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.

Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease.

s; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. "A vernacular disease." Harvey. His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller. Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope.

An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.

One skilled in the diseases of cattle or domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.

Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.

vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float upon a wild and violent sea. Shak. A violent cross wind from either coast. Milton.

gion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.

A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.

A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.

A disease of sheep; gid.