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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. : BSE
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
/ spŭn′jĭ-fôrm′ /
- See mad cow disease
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy1
1985–90
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