bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[ spuhn-juh-fawrm ]
/ ˈspʌn dʒəˌfɔrm /
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
Nearby words
bovet, bovid, bovine, bovine growth hormone, bovine somatotrophin, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, bovril, bovver, bovver boots, bow, bow and scrape
Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1985–90
Also called mad cow disease.
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Medicine definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
n.
An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle.mad cow disease
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Science definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
[ spŭn′jĭ-fôrm′ ]
See mad cow disease.
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