scrapie

American  

[skrey-pee, skrap-ee] / ˈskreɪ pi, ˈskræp i /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.

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scrapie British  

/ ˈskreɪpɪ /

noun

1. a disease of sheep and goats: one of a group of diseases (including BSE in cattle) that are caused by a protein prion, and result in spongiform encephalopathy

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scrapie Scientific  

/ skrā′pē,skrăp′ē /

1. A usually fatal, infectious disease of sheep and goats that is marked by chronic itching, loss of muscular coordination, and progressive deterioration of the central nervous system, thought to be caused by a prion.

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Etymology

Origin of scrapie

First recorded in 1905–10; scrap(e) + -ie

Example Sentences

Other animals have their prion diseases: scrapie in sheep and chronic wasting disease in deer and other cervids, which has been reported in 32 U.S states and five Canadian provinces.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2024

The prions that cause scrapie, for example, have changed over time, forming multiple strains, said Wood.

From Washington Times • May 17, 2017

Biological analysis of prion strains has relied on the ease of transmission of rodent-adapted scrapie prions to multiple inbred mouse lines25.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Certain malformed proteins, known as prions, enlist recruits and attack the brain in the class of diseases called spongiform encephalopathies, which include Creutzfeldt-Jakob in humans and scrapie and mad cow disease in animals.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2016

And, man, if it was possible, I would be dooms glad to be out o’ this bit scrapie.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis