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. Abbreviation: BSE

Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

1
1985–90

Words Nearby bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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British Dictionary definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

noun
  1. the full name for BSE

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Scientific definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

[ spŭnjĭ-fôrm′ ]


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