bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- /ˈbəʊ̯.vaɪ̯n ˈspʌn.d͡ʒɪ.fɔːm ɛn.sə.fəˈlɒ.pə.θɪ/ UK
noun BSE
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A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.
The outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) have limited some traditional uses of cattle for food, for example the eating of brains or spinal cords.
Similar: mad cow disease
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noun bovine spongiform encephalopathy
| Español | encefalopatía espongiforme bovina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 광우병 gwang'ubyeong |
| 日本語 | 牛海綿状脳症 ushi kaimenjō nōshō |
| 中文 | 牛海绵状脑病 niúhǎimiánzhuàngnǎobìng, 疯牛病 fēngniúbìng |
| Português | encefalopatia espongiforme bovina |
| Français | encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine |
| Deutsch | Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie, Rinderwahnsinn |
| Italiano | encefalopatia spongiforme bovina |
| Ελληνικά | σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών spongódis egkefalopátheia ton vooeidón |
| Română | encefalopatie spongiformă bovină |
| Русский | коро́вье бе́шенство koróvʹje béšenstvo, губчатая энцефалопатия крупного рогатого скота gubčataja encefalopatija krupnovo rogatovo skota |
| العربية | جُنُون اَلْبَقَر junūn al-baqar |
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title = {bovine spongiform encephalopathy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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