mad cow disease

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

mad-cow disease

Synonyms

bovine spongiform encephalitis BSE mad cow bovine spongiform encephalopathy bse disease bse free coli and mad cow disease bse crisis bse epidemic crazy cow disease transmitted by infected tissue in food disease transmitted through meat-and-bone meal dumb cow fatal neurological disease of cattle fatal prion disease of cattle
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Antonyms

noninfected animals noninfected cattle healthy animals healthy cattle not infected animals not infected cattle

Hypernyms

animal disease

Examples

If so, give it its numerical designation (e.g. H1N1), or reference the animal in which we think it started (e.g. Swine Flu, or Mad Cow Disease). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mad cow mad cow affair mad cow crisis mad cow disease crisis mad cows mad dash