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Origin of mad cow disease

1985–90

Words nearby mad cow disease

Madariaga, madarosis, mad as a hatter, mad as a hornet, madcap, mad cow disease, MADD, madden, maddening, madder, madder family

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Example sentences from the Web for mad cow disease

Richt says a decade ago he was involved in making cattle resistant to mad cow disease.
Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic|Katie McLean|December 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
Should Teens Have The Right To Die?|Brandy Zadrozny|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When he has called the police in the past, they have not responded, or responded “mad late.”
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
Yoncé Said Knock You Out: The Solange and Jay Z Story|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Then she won, and went half mad with the joy and excitement, but the joy didn't last long.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
He had five girls by his first wife; there is no reason why this splendid cow I have picked out should not produce a dozen boys.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for mad cow disease

mad cow disease

noun

an informal name for BSE

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Medical definitions for mad cow disease

mad cow disease

n.

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Scientific 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

Cultural 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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