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bovine spongiform encephalopathy

[ spuhn-juh-fawrm ]

  1. 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. : BSE

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

noun

  1. the full name for BSE

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

/ spŭn′jĭ-fôrm′ /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy1

1985–90

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