bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.

Equivalents

Españolencefalopatía espongiforme bovina

Françaisencéphalopathie spongiforme bovine

DeutschBovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie Rinderwahnsinn

12 more languages

العربيةجنون البقر

Catalàencefalopatia espongiforme bovina

Češtinabovinní spongiformní encefalopatie nemoc šílených krav

Suomihullun lehmän tauti

Gaeilgeeinceifealapaite spúinseach bhólachta galar na bó mire

Italianoencefalopatia spongiforme bovina

日本語BSE 牛海綿状脳症

한국어광우병

Nederlandsboviene spongiforme encefalopathie dollekoeienziekte gekkekoeienziekte

Polskichoroba szalonych krów gąbczasta encefalopatia bydła

Portuguêsencefalopatia espongiforme bovina

Русскийгу́бчатая энцефалопа́тия кру́пного рога́того скота́коровье бешенство

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

bovine viral diarrhea bovine viral diarrhoea Bovinely bovineness Bovingdon Bovington

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