BSE

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌbiːɛsˈiː/


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BSE
  1. bovine spongiform encephalopathy: a fatal slow-developing disease of cattle, affecting the nervous system. It is caused by a prion protein and is thought to be transmissible to humans, causing a variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
    Informal name: mad cow disease
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
B.S.E., 
    1. Also, B.S.Ed. Bachelor of Science in Education.
    2. Also, B.S.Eng. Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

'BSE' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bovine spongiform encephalopathy - encephalopathy - mad cow disease - new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - notifiable - prion - slow virus

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