- Veterinary Pathology.
- an infectious disease chiefly of young dogs, caused by an unidentified virus and characterized by lethargy, fever, catarrh, photophobia, and vomiting.
- an infectious disease of horses, caused by the bacillus Streptococcus equi and characterized by catarrh of the upper air passages and the formation of pus in the submaxillary and other lymphatic glands.
- a usually fatal viral disease of cats, characterized by fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, leading to severe dehydration.
- a deranged condition of mind or body; a disorder or disease: a feverish distemper.
- disorder or disturbance, especially of a political nature.
- to derange physically or mentally.
- Art.
- a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying.
- (formerly) the tempera technique.
- a painting executed by this method.
- whitewash; calcimine.
- to paint in distemper.
- to whitewash a wall, cottage, etc.; calcimine.
- any of various infectious diseases of animals, esp canine distemper, a highly contagious viral disease of dogs, characterized initially by high fever and a discharge from the nose and eyes
- archaic
- a disease or disorder
- disturbance
- discontent
- to disturb
- a technique of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water, glue, size, etc, used for poster, mural, and scene painting
- the paint used in this technique or any of various water-based paints, including, in Britain, whitewash
- to mix (pigments) with water and size
- to paint (something) with distemper
