Meaning of bovine spongiform encephalopathy | Babel Free
Definitions
A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.
uncountable
Equivalents
العربية
جنون البقر
Suomi
hullun lehmän tauti
Français
encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine
Italiano
encefalopatia spongiforme bovina
日本語
牛海綿状脳症
한국어
광우병
Português
encefalopatia espongiforme bovina
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
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.