TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY


Meaning of TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY in English

any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a toxic protein or virus.

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