bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy — n a fatal spongiform encephalopathy of cattle affecting the nervous system, resembling or identical with scrapie of sheep and goats, and prob. caused by a prion transmitted by infected tissue in food abbr. BSE called also mad cow disease * * * a… … Medical dictionary
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy — with BSE. A notable feature of such disease is the inability of the infected animal to stand.Source: APHIS] Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad Cow Disease (MCD), is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in cattle, that… … Wikipedia
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy — Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine Pour les articles homonymes, voir ESB et BSE. L encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine (ESB), également appelée « maladie de la vache folle » ou en anglais Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), est une… … Wikipédia en Français
bovine spongiform encephalopathy — /spun jeuh fawrm / a fatal dementia of cattle, thought to be caused by the prion proteins implicated in Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. Also called mad cow disease. * * * ▪ pathology also called mad cow disease a fatal neurodegenerative… … Universalium
bovine spongiform encephalopathy — (BSE) In March 1996, the British Government broke the news that there could be a link between Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and a fatal human disease, Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD). BSE is a disease in which the cow’s brain turns to a… … Glossary of UK Government and Politics
bovine spongiform encephalopathy — noun Date: 1987 a fatal spongiform encephalopathy of cattle affecting the nervous system, resembling or identical with scrapie of sheep and goats, and probably caused by a prion transmitted by infected tissue in food abbreviation BSE; called also … New Collegiate Dictionary
bovine spongiform encephalopathy — BSE; see spongiform encephalopathy … The new mediacal dictionary
bovine spongiform encephalopathy — ˈspənjiˌfȯrm noun Etymology: spongiform spongelike from spongi + form : a progressive fatal disease of the central nervous system of adult domestic cattle that resembles scrapie of sheep and goats and is prob. caused by a prion transmitted by… … Useful english dictionary
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy — (mad cow disease) fatal disease affecting the nervous system in cattle, BSE … English contemporary dictionary
bovine spongiform encephalopathy — noun see BSE … English new terms dictionary
