Meanings
nounmad cow disease (uncountable)
- colloquialuncountablebiologySynonym of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Synonyms: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
Similar
bovine spongiform encephalitisBSE
Broader
animal disease
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic جُنُون البَقَر
- جُنُون البَقَر (junūn al-baqar)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Chinese Mandarin 瘋牛病 /疯牛病, 狂牛症
- 瘋牛病 /疯牛病 (fēngniúbìng)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- 狂牛症 (kuángniúzhèng)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- 狂牛病 (kuángniúbìng)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Czech nemoc šílených krav
- nemoc šílených kravinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Dutch gekkekoeienziekte, dollekoeienziekte
- gekkekoeienziekteinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- dollekoeienziekteinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Estonian hullulehmatõbi
- hullulehmatõbiinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Finnish hullun lehmän tauti
- hullun lehmän tautiinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
French maladie de la vache folle, vache folle
- maladie de la vache folleinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- vache folleinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
German Rinderwahn, Rinderwahnsinn
- Rinderwahninformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Rinderwahnsinninformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Greek νόσος των τρελών αγελάδων, ασθένεια των τρελών αγελάδων
- νόσος των τρελών αγελάδων (nósos ton trelón ageládon)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- ασθένεια των τρελών αγελάδων (asthéneia ton trelón ageládon)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Hebrew מחלת הפרה המשוגעת
- מחלת הפרה המשוגעתinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Hungarian kergemarhakór
- kergemarhakórinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Icelandic kúariða
- kúariðainformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Japanese 狂牛病
- 狂牛病 (kyōgyūbyō)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Korean 광우병
- 광우병 (gwang'ubyeong)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Polish choroba szalonych krów
- choroba szalonych krówinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Portuguese doença da vaca louca
- doença da vaca loucainformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Russian коро́вье бе́шенство
- коро́вье бе́шенство (koróvʹje béšenstvo)informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Slovak choroba šialených kráv
- choroba šialených krávinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Spanish enfermedad de las vacas locas, vaca loca
- enfermedad de las vacas locasinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- vaca locainformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Swedish galna ko-sjukan, galna kosjukan
- galna ko-sjukaninformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- galna kosjukaninformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Turkish deli dana hastalığı
- deli dana hastalığıinformal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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“mad cow disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mad%20cow%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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