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bo⋅vine spon⋅gi⋅form encephalop⋅athy

  [spuhn-juh-fawrm]
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.
mad cow disease  
n.  See 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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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

Main Entry: mad cow disease
Pronunciation: -'kau-
Function: noun
: BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy n.
An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle. Also called mad cow disease.

mad cow disease n.
See bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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