ũtheremaga

v.

1. spreads. Spreads. Habitual form describing the action of a disease or condition dispersing or propagating from one individual or area to others, commonly used in disease management contexts.

Example: Mũrimũ ũyũ ũtheremaga naihenya mũno (The disease spreads very rapidly in a flock.); mũrimũ wa Fowl pox nĩ mũrimũ wa ngothi na ũtheremaga naihenya. (Fowlpox is a highly infectious skin disease.); Mũrimũ ũcio ũtheremaga mũno rĩrĩa kũrĩna wũigũ, na ũrugarĩ. (The disease spreads and causes most damage in wet, warm weather.)