Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper

present participle of distemper

simple past tense and past participle of distemper

(archaic) Affected with or suffering from distemper.

(veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh. / (archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. / To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

plural of throat distemper

plural of canine distemper

(pathology, obsolete) Any of several potentially fatal human diseases that have their most visible symptoms affecting the throat.

(archaic) sleeping sickness