chronic wasting disease

Noun

Meaning

a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk

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Synonyms

CWD scrapie kuru disease wasting disease transmissible spongiform encephalopathy zombie deer disease acquired prion disease transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of elk chronic wasting disorder contagious neurological disease of moose disease affecting the deer family fatal prion disease of moose progressive fatal prion disease of deer progressive fatal prion disease of elk progressive fatal prion disease of moose

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Antonyms

healthy deer healthy cervids healthy elk healthy members of the deer family healthy moose noninfected cervids

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Hypernyms

animal disease

Examples

Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, first showed up in Utah in 2002 when a buck mule deer killed during the rifle hunt near Vernal tested positive. Source: Internet

Chronic wasting disease is present in 55 of Saskatchewan's 85 wildlife management zones. Source: Internet

Is Minnesota doing enough to combat Chronic Wasting Disease in the state? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chronic traumatic encephalopathy chronic tuberculous peritonitis chronic wasting chronic wasting disorder chronic wasting syndrome chronical