bovine spongiform encephalopathy

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(spun′jə fôrm′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bo′vine spon′gi•form encephalop′athy  (spun′jə fôrm′),USA pronunciation 
  1. a fatal dementia of cattle, thought to be caused by the prion proteins implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.Also called mad cow disease. 

bo′vine spon′gi•form encephalop′athy  (spun′jə fôrm′),USA pronunciation 
  1. a fatal dementia of cattle, thought to be caused by the prion proteins implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.Also called mad cow disease. 
  • 1985–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  1. the full name for BSE
'bovine spongiform encephalopathy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
BSE - mad cow disease - prion - transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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