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bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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bo⋅vine spon⋅gi⋅form encephalop⋅athy

  [spuhn-juh-fawrm]
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a fatal neurological disease of cattle, characterized by spongelike changes in the brain and thought to be caused by an infectious prion also implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Abbreviation: BSE
Also called mad cow disease.

Origin:
1985–90
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy  
n.   Abbr. BSE
An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle. Also called mad cow disease.
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Main Entry: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Function: noun
: a progressive fatal disease of the central nervous system of adult domestic cattle that resembles scrapie ofsheep and goats and is prob. caused by a prion transmitted by infected tissue in food —abbreviation BSE; called also mad cow disease
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy n.
An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle. Also called mad cow disease.

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bovine spongiform encephalopathy   (spŭn'jĭ-fôrm')  Pronunciation Key 
See mad cow disease.
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