Distemper may refer to:
Illness
*A viral infection
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Canine distemper
Canine distemper virus (CDV) (sometimes termed footpad disease) is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of mammal families, including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and felin ...
, a disease of dogs
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Feline distemper
''Carnivore protoparvovirus 1'' (CPPV 1) is a species of parvovirus that infects carnivorans. It causes a highly contagious disease in both dogs and cats separately. The disease is generally divided into two major genogroups: CPV-1 containing the ...
, a disease of cats
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Phocine distemper, a disease of seals
*A bacterial infection
**Equine distemper, or
Strangles
Strangles (equine distemper) is a contagious upper respiratory tract infection of horses and other equines caused by a Gram-positive bacterium, ''Streptococcus equi''. As a result, the lymph nodes swell, compressing the pharynx, larynx, and tr ...
, a bacterial infection of the horse
*Derangement or disturbance of the
four humours
Humorism, the humoral theory, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
Humorism began to fall out of favor in the 1850s ...
or "temper", in pre-modern medicine
Other uses
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Distemper (paint)
Distemper is a decorative paint and a historical medium for painting pictures, and contrasted with tempera. The binder may be glues of vegetable or animal origin (excluding egg). Soft distemper is not abrasion resistant and may include binders s ...
, a decorative paint and a historical medium for painting pictures
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Distemper (band), a Russian ska punk band
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''Distemper'' (album), by The New Christs
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Remix dystemper'', a remix album by Skinny Puppy
See also
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Murrain
Murrain (also known as distemper) is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle and sheep. The word originates from Middle English ''moreine'' or ''moryne'', as a derivative of Latin ''mori'' "to die".
The word ''murra ...
, a name of any of a number of serious illnesses among cattle and sheep, for which the name 'Distemper' was used in mid 18th century England.
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