Meanings
nounscrapie (countable and uncountable, plural scrapies)
plural scrapies
- countableuncountableA degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 272
Origin
From scrape + -ie, from the tendency of affected animals to scrape themselves against solid objects.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قعاص الغنم
- قعاص الغنمdegenerative prion disease
Chinese Mandarin 痒病
- 痒病 (yǎngbìng)degenerative prion disease
Dutch schuurziekte
- schuurziektedegenerative prion disease
Esperanto ŝaftremo
- ŝaftremodegenerative prion disease
Finnish scrapie, skrapi
- scrapiedegenerative prion disease
- skrapidegenerative prion disease
- lampaan kutkatautidegenerative prion disease
French tremblante du mouton
- tremblante du moutondegenerative prion disease
German Traberkrankheit, Scrapie
- Traberkrankheitdegenerative prion disease
- Scrapiedegenerative prion disease
Hebrew סקרייפי
- סקרייפיdegenerative prion disease
Icelandic riða
- riðadegenerative prion disease
Irish scráibeach
- scráibeachdegenerative prion disease
Italian scrapie
- scrapiedegenerative prion disease
Japanese スクレイピー
- スクレイピー (sukureipī)degenerative prion disease
Korean 진전병
- 진전병 (jinjeonbyeong)degenerative prion disease
Portuguese scrapie
- scrapiedegenerative prion disease
Russian скре́йпи, почесу́ха
- скре́йпи (skréjpi)degenerative prion disease
- почесу́ха (počesúxa)degenerative prion disease
Spanish prurito lumbar
- prurito lumbardegenerative prion disease
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
scrapie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapie
MLA
“scrapie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrapie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapie.
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