bovine spongiform encephalopathy

bovine spongiform encephalopathy [spuhn-juh-fawrm] Word Origin

1. a fatal neurological disease of cattle, characterized by spongelike changes in the brain and thought to be caused by an infectious prion also implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Abbreviation: BSE

Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy 1985–90Also called mad cow disease. British Dictionary definitions for bovine spongiform encephalopathy bovine spongiform encephalopathy noun

1. the full name for BSE

bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Medicine bovine spongiform encephalopathy n.

1. An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle.mad cow disease

bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Science bovine spongiform encephalopathy [spŭn′jĭ-fôrm′]

1. See mad cow disease.