BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY


Meaning of BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY in English

/spun"jeuh fawrm'/

a fatal dementia of cattle, thought to be caused by the prion proteins implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Also called mad cow disease .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .