mad cow disease

bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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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British Dictionary definitions for mad cow disease

mad cow disease

noun

an informal name for BSE

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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.

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

单词	mad cow disease
释义	mad cow disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mad cow disease mad cow disease noun an informal name for BSE Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 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. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for mad cow disease mad cow disease n. bovine spongiform encephalopathy The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 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 The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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