bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[ 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
Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
11985–90
- Also called mad cow disease.
Words Nearby bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Bovet
- bovid
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British Dictionary definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
noun
the full name for BSE
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Scientific definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[ spŭn′jĭ-fôrm′ ]
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