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scrapie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈskɹeɪpi/ (UK)

Etymology

From scrape + -ie, from the tendency of affected animals to scrape themselves against solid objects.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
   • This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten. 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 272:

Forms

Coordinates

zombie deer disease · mad cow disease

Translations (24)

eo ŝaftremo (degenerative prion disease) · ru скре́йпи (degenerative prion disease) · gl rebullón (degenerative prion disease) · gl teo (degenerative prion disease) · he סקרייפי (degenerative prion disease) · fr tremblante du mouton (degenerative prion disease) · ga scráibeach (degenerative prion disease) · gl tortón (degenerative prion disease) · fi skrapi (degenerative prion disease) · de Scrapie (degenerative prion disease) · is riða (degenerative prion disease) · sl praskavec (degenerative prion disease) · nl schuurziekte (degenerative prion disease) · de Traberkrankheit (degenerative prion disease) · es prurito lumbar (degenerative prion disease) · fi scrapie (degenerative prion disease) · ko 진전병 (degenerative prion disease) · pt scrapie (degenerative prion disease) · ja スクレイピー (degenerative prion disease) · fi lampaan kutkatauti (degenerative prion disease) · it scrapie (degenerative prion disease) · ru почесу́ха (degenerative prion disease) · cmn 痒病 (degenerative prion disease) · ar قعاص الغنم (degenerative prion disease)