BSE
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BSE
abbr.
1. Bachelor of Secondary Education
2. bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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BSE
abbreviation for
(Veterinary Science) bovine spongiform encephalopathy: a fatal slow-developing disease of cattle, affecting the nervous system. It is caused by a prion protein and is thought to be transmissible to humans, causing a variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Informal name: mad cow disease
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Noun | 1. | BSE - 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 |
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