Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bovine_spongiform_encephalitis

1 sense of bovine spongiform encephalitis

Sense 1
bovine spongiform encephalitis, BSE, mad cow disease -- (a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation)
       => animal disease -- (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)