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bovine spongiform encephalopathy

The correct spelling is bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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noun

Say it like: Bov-ine- sp-onj-ifo-rm -ens-efa-lop-ath-ee

The correct spelling is bovine spongiform encephalopathy. A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues. For example: "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."

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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.

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noun

  1. 1.A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.

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