WordNet
black disease
n. a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products [syn: sheep rot, liver rot, distomatosis]
Usage examples of "black disease".
He would smell it on his mother, drifting out of her pores, the smell of shit and rotting grapes, the Black Disease.
At the core of the brilliant green blade a shadow appeared, a black disease rotting away the purity of the beam.