Nearby words
macías nguema biyogo, mad, mad about, mad as a hatter, mad as a hornet, mad cow disease, mad hatter syndrome, mad money, mad rush, mad-dog, mad-dog skullcap
Origin of mad cow disease
1985–90
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British Dictionary definitions for mad cow disease
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Medicine definitions for mad cow disease
mad cow disease
n.
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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Science definitions for mad cow disease
mad cow disease
[ măd ]
A degenerative neurologic disease of cattle, thought to be caused by infection-causing agents called prions, in which brain tissues deteriorate and take on a spongy appearance, resulting in abnormal behaviors and loss of muscle control. A variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is transmitted to humans through the eating of infected cattle tissue. Also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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Culture definitions for mad cow disease
mad cow disease
A lethal disease that originates in cows and can spread to humans through consumption of affected neural tissue. It is called Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease in humans. It causes the brain to deteriorate through the instrument of an infectious protein called a prion.
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