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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[ spuhn-juh-fawrm ]
/ ˈspʌn dʒəˌfɔrm /
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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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Also called mad cow disease.
Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1985–90
Words nearby bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Bovet, bovid, bovine, bovine growth hormone, bovine somatotrophin, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Bovril, bovver, bovver boots, bow, bow and scrape
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Scientific definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[ spÅn′jÄ-fôrm′ ]
See mad cow disease.
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