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Raremad cow disease
The correct spelling is mad cow disease.
How to pronounce mad cow disease
noun
Say it like: Mad- co-w d-isee-se
The correct spelling is mad cow disease. 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."
Usage Examples
“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.”
Definition
noun
- 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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