Meanings
nounbovine spongiform encephalopathy (uncountable, abbreviation BSE)
abbreviation BSE
- uncountablemedicineA fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.
The outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) have limited some traditional uses of cattle for food, for example the eating of brains or spinal cords.
Synonyms: mad cow disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.
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Arabic جُنُون اَلْبَقَر
- جُنُون اَلْبَقَر (junūn al-baqar)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Basque behien entzefalpatia espongiforme, behi eroen gaitza
- behien entzefalpatia espongiformebovine spongiform encephalopathy
- behi eroen gaitzabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Catalan encefalopatia espongiforme bovina
- encefalopatia espongiforme bovinabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Chinese Mandarin 牛海绵状脑病, 疯牛病
- 牛海绵状脑病 (niúhǎimiánzhuàngnǎobìng)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- 疯牛病 (fēngniúbìng)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Czech nemoc šílených krav, bovinní spongiformní encefalopatie
- nemoc šílených kravbovine spongiform encephalopathy
- bovinní spongiformní encefalopatiebovine spongiform encephalopathy
Danish kogalskab, bse
- kogalskabbovine spongiform encephalopathy
- bsebovine spongiform encephalopathy
Dutch dollekoeienziekte, gekkekoeienziekte
- dollekoeienziektebovine spongiform encephalopathy
- gekkekoeienziektebovine spongiform encephalopathy
- boviene spongiforme encefalopathiebovine spongiform encephalopathy
Esperanto Bova Spongoforma Encefalopatio, malsano de bova freneziĝo
- Bova Spongoforma Encefalopatiobovine spongiform encephalopathy
- malsano de bova freneziĝobovine spongiform encephalopathy
- bovofreneziĝobovine spongiform encephalopathy
Finnish naudan spongiforminen enkefalopatia, hullun lehmän tauti
- naudan spongiforminen enkefalopatiabovine spongiform encephalopathy
- hullun lehmän tautibovine spongiform encephalopathy
French encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine
- encéphalopathie spongiforme bovinebovine spongiform encephalopathy
German Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie, Rinderwahnsinn
- Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathiebovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Rinderwahnsinnbovine spongiform encephalopathy
Greek σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών
- σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών (spongódis egkefalopátheia ton vooeidón)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Icelandic kúariða
- kúariðabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Indonesian penyakit sapi gila
- penyakit sapi gilabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Irish einceifealapaite spúinseach bhólachta, galar na bó mire
- einceifealapaite spúinseach bhólachtabovine spongiform encephalopathy
- galar na bó mirebovine spongiform encephalopathy
Italian encefalopatia spongiforme bovina
- encefalopatia spongiforme bovinabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Japanese 牛海綿状脳症
- 牛海綿状脳症 (ushi kaimenjō nōshō)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Korean 광우병
- 광우병 (gwang'ubyeong)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Latin encephalopathia spongiformis bovina
- encephalopathia spongiformis bovinabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Lithuanian galvijų kempiškoji encefalopatija, kempinligė
- galvijų kempiškoji encefalopatijabovine spongiform encephalopathy
- kempinligėbovine spongiform encephalopathy
Malay Penyakit lembu gila, penyakit lembu gila
- Penyakit lembu gilabovine spongiform encephalopathy
- penyakit lembu gilabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Norwegian kugalskap
- kugalskapbovine spongiform encephalopathy
Polish gąbczasta encefalopatia bydła, chorobą szalonych krów
- gąbczasta encefalopatia bydłabovine spongiform encephalopathy
- chorobą szalonych krówbovine spongiform encephalopathy
Portuguese encefalopatia espongiforme bovina
- encefalopatia espongiforme bovinabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Romanian encefalopatie spongiformă bovină
- encefalopatie spongiformă bovinăbovine spongiform encephalopathy
Russian коро́вье бе́шенство, губчатая энцефалопатия крупного рогатого скота
- коро́вье бе́шенство (koróvʹje béšenstvo)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- губчатая энцефалопатия крупного рогатого скота (gubčataja encefalopatija krupnovo rogatovo skota)bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Slovak choroba šialených kráv
- choroba šialených krávbovine spongiform encephalopathy
Spanish encefalopatía espongiforme bovina
- encefalopatía espongiforme bovinabovine spongiform encephalopathy
Welsh Enseffalopathi Sbyngffurf Buchol, Ymenyddglwyf Sbungfurff Gwartheg
- Enseffalopathi Sbyngffurf Bucholbovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Ymenyddglwyf Sbungfurff Gwarthegbovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Clefyd y Gwartheg Gwallgofbovine spongiform encephalopathy
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