“spongiform”

The following 3 entries include the term spongiform.

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

noun

: a fatal prion disease of cattle that affects the nervous system, resembles or is identical to scrapie of sheep and goats, and is probably transmitted by infected tissue in food abbreviation BSE

spongiform encephalopathy

noun

: any of various degenerative diseases of the brain characterized by the development of porous spongelike lesions in brain tissue and by deterioration in neurological functioning

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

noun

: prion disease abbreviation TSE


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