noun Date: 1987 a fatal spongiform encephalopathy of cattle affecting the nervous system, resembling or identical with scrapie of sheep and goats, and probably caused by a prion transmitted by infected tissue in food
BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY
Meaning of BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012