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.

present participle of distemper

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distemper

An often fatal disease of carnivores, caused by canine distemper virus. It is an infection of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, brain, spinal cord; and its symptoms include high fever, watery discharge from eyes and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, paralysis, and hardening of the footpads.

plural of canine distemper

(archaic) sleeping sickness

plural of throat distemper