Bse

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Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of Bachelor of Science in Engineering. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Bachelor of Science in Economics. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of breast self-examination. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    Initialism of backscattered electrons. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Bombay Stock Exchange. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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mad cow diseasebovine prion diseasebovine spongiform encephalitisbse-associatedbse-linkedbse-related

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"Mad cow disease, also known as BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), is a fatal, neurological disorder that cattle get by eating infected meal from other animals, such as sheep. Humans can contract a version of the disease from diseased cows."

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