transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
1Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain and nervous system of animals. According to the most widespread hypothesis they are transmitted by prions,… …
2transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — n any of a group of spongiform encephalopathies (as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, kuru, and scrapie) that are now usu. considered to be caused and transmitted by prions * * * (TSE) prion disease …
3transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a toxic protein or virus. * * * …
4transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — transmis′sible spon′giform encephalop′athy n. pat any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a… …
5transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a toxic protein or virus …
6Transmissible mink encephalopathy — (TME) is rare sporadic disease that affects the central nervous system of ranch raised mink. It is classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, believed to be caused by proteins called prions. This disease is only known to affect… …
7transmissible mink encephalopathy — miŋk n a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of mink that resembles scrapie and that has been transmitted experimentally to mink by injecting or feeding them with infected tissue from sheep …
8transmissible spongiform encephalopathy — noun Any fatal, incurable degenerative disease of the brain transmitted by prions …
9spongiform encephalopathy — n any of a group of degenerative diseases of the brain characterized by the development of spongiform lesions and by deterioration in neurological functioning see BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY, TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY * * * any …
10spongiform encephalopathy — ˈspənjəˌfȯrm noun Etymology: spongiform resembling a sponge, from spongi + form : any of a group of degenerative diseases of the brain that are characterized by development of brain tissue having a structure like that of a porous sponge and by… …
