rot

(rot). Decay. 2. A disease of sheep, and sometimes, ‘of man, caused by Dis’tom a hepat’- icum. Groser a-r., inherited phthisis of young children, said by some homeopathists to be curable by droscra. foot-r. of cattle, a form of necrosis of the foot in cattle caused by infection with the Bacillus necrophorus. foot-r. of sheep, a disease of the feet of sheep, marked by decay of the hoof and an offensive discharge: thought to be due to soft, wet pastures.