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lethal
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lethal /le·thal/ (le´th'l) fatal.
le·thal (lthl)
adj.
1. Capable of causing death.
2. Of, relating to, or causing death.

lethal
[lē′thəl]
deadly, capable of causing death.

lethal
deadly; fatal.

lethal trait
an inherited characteristic that ensures the early death of the inheritor. See also inherited parakeratosis, and canine cyclic hematopoiesis.
lethal trait A46
see inherited parakeratosis.
lethal white
the name given to the progeny of white horses in which the gene for the white character is dominant. Their progeny have a very high mortality rate. The same applies to the offspring of a mating of two overo horses; the defect in these is atresia of the intestine.
lethal white foal disease
see lethal white (above).


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