mad cow disease
noun/ˌmæd ˈkaʊ dɪziːz/
/ˌmæd ˈkaʊ dɪziːz/
[uncountable] (informal)- BSE (= a brain disease of cows that causes death, the abbreviation for ‘bovine spongiform encephalopathy’)Topics Health problemsc2
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