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dummy state of depressed consciousness in which the still mobile animal walks continuously and compulsively, head down, stumbling gait, walking into fixed objects, head presses when it meets a fixed object, when trapped in a narrow place is incapable of backing out, walks into human habitation which it would ordinarily shun. May walk in circles. Does not respond to ordinary stimuli, does not eat or drink. Caused by encephalitis, hepatic encephalopathy, subacute lead poisoning. Called also blind staggers, dummy syndrome. See also neonatal maladjustment syndrome. dummy calf syndrome thought to be a behavior problem inherited in some breeds; the newborn calf is bright and alert but lacks teat seeking and teat sucking reflexes. dummy disease said of lambs born with hydranencephaly due to intrauterine infection with bluetongue virus, usually the vaccine strain. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Vagenas was off the field receiving treatment when Jason Kreis scored in the sixth minute - from Andy Williams' feed after Jeff Cunningham dummied a long pass from Carey Talley - and collapsed a few minutes after returning to the field. Programming for the college-age population has realty been dummied down," says Shane Walker, founder of TUN. It may not be known until the artist has dummied the book out, going through the initial sketches and fine-tuning the pacing and visual impact of the story. |
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