SCRAPIE

Meaning of SCRAPIE in English

/ ˈskreɪpi; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a serious disease that affects the nervous system of sheep

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: from the verb scrape + -ie .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SCRAPIE — noun Etymology: 1scrape Date: 1910 a usually fatal spongiform encephalopathy especially of sheep that is caused by a prion and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCRAPIE — ˈskrāpē noun ( -s ) Etymology: scrape (I) + -ie : a virus disease of sheep characterized by twitching, excitability, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCRAPIE — /skray"pee, skrap"ee/ , n. Vet. Pathol. an infectious, usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPIE — n. infectious brain disease in sheep that causes involuntary nervous twitching and eventual paralysis (Veterinary Medicine)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCRAPIE — noun Etymology: scrape (I) Date: 1910 : a usually fatal spongiform encephalopathy especially of sheep that is caused by a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCRAPIE — ■ noun a disease of sheep involving the central nervous system, characterized by a lack of coordination that causes affected …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCRAPIE — [scra.pie] n [[1]scrape] (1910): a usu. fatal disease of the nervous system esp. of sheep that is characterized by twitching, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCRAPIE — also called Rida, or Tremblante Du Mouton, fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and, less often, goats. Scrapie has existed in …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCRAPIE — scrapie BrE AmE ˈskreɪp i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCRAPIE — scra ‧ pie /ˈskreɪpi/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ scrape 1 ; because the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCRAPIE — n. a viral disease of sheep involving the central nervous system and characterized by lack of coordination causing affected animals …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCRAPIE — n. a viral disease of sheep involving the central nervous system and characterized by lack of coordination causing affected animals …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCRAPIE — n. a viral disease of sheep involving the central nervous system and characterized by lack of coordination causing affected animals …
Oxford English vocab
SCRAPIE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Most Western nations tolerate Salmonella in chickens and scrapie in sheep, but this must change. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCRAPIE — [noun] [U] - a viral disease of sheep and goats which usually results in deathScrapie affects the central nervous system …
Cambridge English vocab
SCRAPIE — (ветеринарное) почесуха
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCRAPIE — Почесуха овец
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SCRAPIE — n вет. почесуха
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCRAPIE — (n) почесуха
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SCRAPIE — n вет. почесуха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SCRAPIE — n вет. почесуха
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SCRAPIE — сущ. скрепи, скрепи овец и коз; почесуха, «рысистая болезнь», «овечья трясучка", "дрожание баранов" ( губчатый энцефалит у овец и коз …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SCRAPIE — сущ. скрепи, скрепи овец и коз; почесуха, «рысистая болезнь», «овечья трясучка", "дрожание баранов" (губчатый энцефалит у овец и коз) см. тж. transmissible …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SCRAPIE — (ветеринарное) почесуха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCRAPIE — n. Pronunciation: ' skr ā -p ē Function: noun Etymology: 1 scrape Date: 1910 : a usually fatal spongiform encephalopathy …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MAD COW DISEASE — or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g., agitation), gradual loss of coordination …
Английский словарь Британика
BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY — (BSE) also called mad cow disease a fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is caused by an infectious …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: TRANSPORTATION — AVIATION (For Notable Civil Engineering Projects, see Table.) The world airline industry had a successful financial year in 1997, due …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Britannica English vocabulary
PRUSINER, STANLEY B. — born May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. in full Stanley Ben Prusiner American neurologist whose discovery of the disease-causing …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAD COW DISEASE — or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g., agitation), gradual loss of coordination …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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