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BSE

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BSE abbreviation for

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 diseaseInformal name: mad cow disease

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B.S.E.,

Also, B.S.Ed. Bachelor of Science in Education.
Also, B.S.Eng. Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

'BSE' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bovine spongiform encephalopathy - encephalopathy - mad cow disease - new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - notifiable - prion - slow virus

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