Definitions for mad cow disease

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mad′ cow′ disease`(n.)

  1. bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of mad cow disease:

1985–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bovine spongiform encephalitis, BSE, mad cow disease(noun)

    a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation

Wiktionary

  1. mad cow disease(Noun)

    bovine spongiform encephalopathy


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