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
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Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1985–90
Also called mad cow disease.
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- the full name for BSE
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle.mad cow disease
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[spŭn′jĭ-fôrm′]
- See mad cow disease.
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