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bovine spongiform encephalopathy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbəʊ̯.vaɪ̯n ˈspʌn.d͡ʒɪ.fɔːm ɛn.sə.fəˈlɒ.pə.θɪ/ (UK)
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Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.

Forms

Hypernyms

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease · transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Relateds

variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

Synonyms

mad cow disease

Translations (53)

eu behien entzefalpatia espongiforme (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ia Encephalopathia spongiforme bovin (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · sk choroba šialených kráv (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ms penyakit lembu gila (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · eo Bova Spongoforma Encefalopatio (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · la encephalopathia spongiformis bovina (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ro encefalopatie spongiformă bovină (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · nl dollekoeienziekte (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · nan-hbl siáu-gû-pēⁿ (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · id penyakit sapi gila (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cy Ymenyddglwyf Sbungfurff Gwartheg (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · de Rinderwahnsinn (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cmn 疯牛病 (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · nl gekkekoeienziekte (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ga galar na bó mire (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · kw kleves ympynnyon spongek an bughes (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · de Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · fr encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cmn 牛海绵状脑病 (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ml ഭ്രാന്തിപ്പശുരോഗം (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cs bovinní spongiformní encefalopatie (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ms Penyakit lembu gila (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · gl enfermidade das vacas tolas (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · fi naudan spongiforminen enkefalopatia (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · pl chorobą szalonych krów (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · eo malsano de bova freneziĝo (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cy Clefyd y Gwartheg Gwallgof (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · pl gąbczasta encefalopatia bydła (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ja 牛海綿状脳症 (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · eu behi eroen gaitza (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · eo bovofreneziĝo (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · lt galvijų kempiškoji encefalopatija (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ca encefalopatia espongiforme bovina (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · nl boviene spongiforme encefalopathie (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · el σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · lt kempinligė (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · da kogalskab (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · pt encefalopatia espongiforme bovina (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · es encefalopatía espongiforme bovina (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · fi hullun lehmän tauti (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ar جُنُون اَلْبَقَر (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · gl encefalopatía esponxiforme bovina (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · no kugalskap (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · da bse (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ru губчатая энцефалопатия крупного рогатого скота (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · it encefalopatia spongiforme bovina (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ru коро́вье бе́шенство (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cs nemoc šílených krav (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ga einceifealapaite spúinseach bhólachta (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ko 광우병 (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · ml ബൊവൈൻ സ്പോഞ്ചിഫോം എൻസഫലോപതി (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · cy Enseffalopathi Sbyngffurf Buchol (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) · is kúariða (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)