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mad cow disease

bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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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

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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.