BSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does BSE mean? 

• BSE (noun)
  The noun BSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bovine spongiform encephalitis; BSE; mad cow disease

Hypernyms ("BSE" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

 Context examples 

Also called: CJD, Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease, Mad Cow Disease, BSE, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, vCJD

(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Cattle can get a disease related to CJD called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease."

(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)