English Dictionary

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

名詞

不可算名詞

(medicine, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.

日本語の意味

牛海綿状脳症：ウシに発生する致命的な神経変性疾患で、変性プリオンタンパク質を介してヒトにも感染する可能性がある。

Researchers have identified new biomarkers that may help diagnose bovine spongiform encephalopathy in its early stages.

研究者たちは、初期段階で牛海綿状脳症を診断するのに役立つ可能性のある新しいバイオマーカーを特定しました。

意味（1）

(medicine, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.

The outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) have limited some traditional uses of cattle for food, for example the eating of brains or spinal cords.

as BSE （ abbreviation ）