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Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, similar to mad cow disease, scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
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Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2021
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Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2021
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“Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transmissible%20spongiform%20encephalopathy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
noun
: prion disease
The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)—a very unusual group of neurodegenerative diseases involving microscopic holes in the brain—affect both humans and animals.—Bette Hileman, Chemical & Engineering News,
Bette Hileman, Chemical & Engineering News,In the last four years, 11 cases of a human form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, have been diagnosed in rural western Kentucky …—The Springfield (Massachusetts) Union-News
The Springfield (Massachusetts) Union-Newscalled also TSE
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