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mad cow disease
bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
[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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mad cow disease  
n.   See bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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mad cow disease

noun
a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation [syn: bovine spongiform encephalitis] 

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mad ˈcow disease noun
a fatal disease of cattle, which can affect also humans who eat meat from infected cattle
Arabic: مَرَض البَقَرَه المَجْنونَه
Chinese (Simplified): 疯牛病
Chinese (Traditional): 瘋牛病
Czech: nemoc šílených krav
Danish: kogalskab; kvægsygdommen BSE
Estonian: hullulehmatõbi
Greek: η νόσος των τρελών αγελάδων
Hungarian: kergemarhakór
Indonesian: penyakit sapi gila
Italian: (morbo della mucca pazza)
Latvian: govju trakumsērga, Kreicfelda—Jakoba slimība
Lithuanian: galvijø pasiutligë
Norwegian: kugalskap
Polish: choroba wściekłych krów
Russian: коровье бешенство
Slovak: choroba šialených kráv
Slovenian: bolezen norih krav
Spanish: enfermedad de las vacas locas
Turkish: deli dana hastalığı
See also: madden, maddening, madman, like mad, mad, "mad cow disease" in any language

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mad cow disease    Audio Help   (mād)  Pronunciation Key 
A degenerative neurologic disease of cattle, thought to be caused by infection-causing agents called prions, in which brain tissues deteriorate and take on a spongy appearance, resulting in abnormal behaviors and loss of muscle control. A variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is transmitted to humans through the eating of infected cattle tissue. Also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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mad cow disease

A lethal disease that originates in cows and can spread to humans through consumption of affected neural tissue. It is called Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease in humans. It causes the brain to deteriorate through the instrument of an infectious protein called a prion.


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mad cow disease
n.

See bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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