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Definition of mad cow disease noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mad cow disease

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