mad cow disease

mad cow disease

n.

See bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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mad cow disease

Noun

Informal same as BSE

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mad cow disease  (md)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mad cow disease - a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation bovine spongiform encephalitis, BSE animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

Translations

mad cow disease n → encefalopatía espongiforme bovina

mad cow disease n → maladie f des vaches folles

mad cow disease n → Rinderwahn m

mad cow disease n → encefalite f bovina spongiforme