bovine

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos, such as an ox, cow, or buffalo.
2. Sluggish, dull, and stolid.

n.

An animal of the genus Bos.

[Late Latin bovīnus, from Latin bōs, bov-, cow.]

(BO-vyn, -veen)
adjective

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos, such as an ox, cow, or buffalo.

2. Sluggish, dull, and stolid.
noun
An animal of the genus Bos.

[Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos, cow.]

(Here is another word that refers to cows: vaccine. It comes from vacca, Latin for cow, after inoculation prepared from cows. -Anu)

Usage:

"This freedom from consequence permeated the social fabric. It affected the way people drove, namely, in slow, dull, uncomprehending torpor; the way they passed their days in bovine oblivion." — Howard Troxler, Job market full - of ineptitude, laziness, St. Petersburg Times, Mar 15, 2000.

---

Pertaining to, characteristic of, or derived from the ox or cattle, members of the family Bovidae. See also cattle.

• b. atypical interstitial pneumonia — see atypical interstitial pneumonia.
• b. bonkers — see ammoniated forage poisoning.
• b. cutaneous angiomatosis — see angiomatosis.
• b. enzootic hematuria — see enzootic hematuria.
• b. ephemeral fever — see ephemeral fever.
• epidemic b. abortion — see epizootic bovine abortion.
• b. epizootic fever — see ephemeral fever.
• b. exfoliative dermatitis — widespread dermatitis including vesicles on the muzzle in very young calves; recovers sponaneously.
• b. familial convulsions and ataxia — see familial convulsions and ataxia of cattle.
• b. farmer's lung — see atypical interstitial pneumonia.
• b. herpesviruses — bovine herpesviruses 1, 2, 4 and 5. See herpesviridae.
• b. hysteria — see ammoniated forage poisoning.
• b. immunodeficiency virus — a lentivirus which causes leukopenia followed by persistent leukocytosis when inoculated into calves. The prevalence and significance of natural infection are unknown.
• b. leukocyte adhesion deficiency — see bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency.
• b. leukosis — see bovine viral leukosis (below).
• b. lymphomatosis — see bovine viral leukosis (below).
• b. lymphosarcoma — see bovine viral leukosis (below).
• b. malignant catarrh — see malignant catarrhal fever. b. mucosal disease see bovine virus diarrhea (below).
• b. papular stomatitis — see bovine papular stomatitis.
• b. petechial fever — is caused by Ehrlichia ondiri and occurs in Kenya and possibly Tanzania in cattle grazing thick scrub land or indigenous forest areas to 1,500–3,000 meter altitudes. It is manifest by fever and submucosal and serosal hemorrhages. There may be epistaxis and other evidence of a bleeding tendency. Pregnant animals may abort and anemia may result in death 3 to 4 weeks after infection. The disease has a strong similarity to tickborne fever. The method of transmission is unknown. Called also Ondiri disease.
• b. polyomavirus — a virus not known to be pathogenic; up to 60% of cattle sera have antibody to the virus.
• b. pneumonic pasteurellosis — see pneumonic pasteurellosis.
• b. protozoal abortion — see neosporosis.
• b. pulmonary emphysema — see atypical interstitial pneumonia.
• b. respiratory disease — a group of undifferentiated diseases of young cattle characterized by dyspnea, coughing, nasal discharge, evidence of pneumonia on auscultation of the lungs, and nonspecific signs as a result of the toxemia of infection and tissue destruction. Because of the complexity of the differential diagnosis of these diseases, it has become common practice to devise treatments and control programs which will deal satisfactorily with them as a group. Called also shipping fever.
• b. respiratory syncytial virus — a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, genus Pneumovirus which causes one of the more virulent forms of enzootic calf pneumonia. Many calves in the group are affected, there is severe dyspnea, and extensive involvement of the lungs. Outbreaks of disease also occur in adult cattle. The mortality rate in all ages can be high.
• b. somatotropin (BST) — a protein secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates body cell growth and milk production. It is available as a synthetically produced product for use in cattle.
• sporadic b. encephalomyelitis — see sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis.
• b. viral leukosis — a highly fatal, systemic, malignant neoplasm of the reticuloendothelial system of cattle. It is characterized by tumors composed of aggregations of neoplastic lymphocytes in almost any organ with a great variety of clinical syndromes resulting. The causative retrovirus is transmitted in a number of ways, including insect vectors, but only to cattle over about 1.5 years of age. There is a significant component of genetic susceptibility in the etiology of the disease and many animals may receive the virus but not become infected. In those that do, the infection persists for life. One group of these cattle are seropositive and may not progress further. A second group are seropositive and develop a persistent lymphocytosis, a benign disease without further progress. The third group is the one in which the cattle develop malignant tumors, lymphosarcomas, and demonstrate any one or a combination of syndromes. These include abomasal obstruction and ulcer, congestive heart failure, posterior paralysis, pharyngeal obstruction, protrusion of the eyeball, and a cutaneous form with multiple nodes and plaques in the skin. There is also a sporadic occurrence in young cattle, a juvenile form in calves less than 6 months old, and a thymic form in yearlings. The disease is always fatal, often within a few weeks. Called also bovine lymphosarcoma, enzootic bovine leukosis.
• b. virus diarrhea — an infectious disease of cattle caused by a pestivirus. Clinical disease is sporadic and is seen only in young animals. The syndrome includes diarrhea, erosive stomatitis and rhinitis, often with similar lesions at all mucocutaneous and skin–horn junctions. Congenital defects occur in the offspring of females which become infected during pregnancy but do not themselves show clinical signs. The best known defect is cerebellar agenesis. Called also mucosal disease.

IN BRIEF: Of an ox or cow; cowlike.

With bovine slowness and peacefulness, the cow rested under the tree and quietly chewed its cud.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kvæg-, okse-
n. - okse, kvæg

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    hjernemisdannelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
rund(erachtig), stupide

Français (French)
adj. - (lit, fig) bovin
n. - bovin

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Kuh..., dumm
n. - Rind

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    Erkrankung des Kuhgehirns, Rinderwahnsinn

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βόειος, βοδινός, (μτφ.) αργόστροφος, βραδύνους

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    σπογγώδη εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών, νόσος των τρελών αγελάδων

Italiano (Italian)
bovino

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    encefalopatia spongiforme bovina, malattia della mucca pazza

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bovino, apático (fig.), lento (fig.)

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    encefalopatia (f) espongiforme bovina

Русский (Russian)
бычий, тупой

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    зараза сумасшедших коров, бычья губковидная энцефалопатия

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bovino, vacuno
n. - vaca

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    enfermedad del ganado bovino, enfermedad de las vacas locas

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oxlik, nötkreaturs-, dum, trög

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
牛的, 迟钝的, 牛科动物

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    狂牛病, 疯牛病

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 牛的, 遲鈍的
n. - 牛科動物

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    狂牛病, 瘋牛病

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 소 과의, 둔한
n. - 소 과의 동물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 牛のような, 鈍重な

idioms:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy    狂牛病

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بقري, بليد, خامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טיפש, משעמם, כמו שור או פרה‬
n. - ‮אדם משעמם ו/או טיפש‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.