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red water [′red ′wȯd·ər]

(biology)

red tide

(veterinary medicine)

A babesiasis of cattle characterized by hematuria following release of hemoglobin by destruction of erythrocytes.

A chronic disease of cattle attributed to oxalic acid in the forage; hematuria results from escape of blood from lesions in the bladder.

An acute febrile septicemia of cattle, and sometimes horses, sheep, and swine, caused by the bacteriumClostridium hemolyticumand characterized by hemoglobinuria and sometimes intestinal hemorrhages.

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No references found			As I stood sick and confused I saw again the moving thing upon the shoal--there was no mistake now that it was a moving thing--against the red water of the sea. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context What is more, this lot were thoroughly "salted," that is, they had worked all over South Africa, and so had become proof, comparatively speaking, against red water, which so frequently destroys whole teams of oxen when they get on to strange "veldt" or grass country. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context 255) mentions red water off Lima, apparently produced by the same cause. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			Red Shift Red Shirts red snapper red snow red soil Red Spears red spider Red Spot red spruce Red Square red squill red squirrel red stele Red Steppe Cattle red stripe Red Tambov Cattle red tape red tetrazolium red thermit red thread red tide Red Top Mountain State Park & Lodge Red Turbans Red Turbans Rebellion of 1351–68 Red Waistcoat Festival red water red white-dwarf star Red Willow County Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area Red Wing red wire red zinc ore red zone Red, White and Blue Red-Backed Mice Red-backed Shrike Red-Billed Chough Red-Breasted Rose Finch red-figure pottery Red-Hardness Red-Headed League, the Red-Shortness Red-Spotted Bluethroat red-tape operation Red-Toothed Shrews Red-Yellow Podzolic soil redact Redaction Redan redbed redbird			Red Trade Union International red trillium red trillium Red Turban Rebellion Red Turbans Red Turbans Rebellion of 1351–68 Red Ukrainian red underwing red urine red urine red urine red urine disease red valerian red valerians red valerians red valerians Red Vein Thai Red Violet Red Violet Red Violet Red Violet Briennaron Sky Red viper Red vitriol Red vitriol Red vitriol Red Vs Blue Red Waistcoat Festival Red Wanting Blue Red wasp Red wasps red water Red Water Disease Red Water Tragedy Red watermelon Red watermelon red wattle bird Red Wattlebird Red White Valve Corp Red White Zone red white-dwarf star Red Whortleberry Red wiggler Red wiggler Red wiggler red willow Red Willow County Red Willow County, NE Red Willow County, Nebraska Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area red wine red wine red wine red wine Red Wine Audio Red wine headache Red Wine Phenolic Compound Red Wine Polyphenol Extract Red wine vinegar Red wine vinegar Red wine vinegar Red wines

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