transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
noun
any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a toxic protein or virus.
Words nearby transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
transmigrate,
transmigration,
transmisogyny,
transmissible,
transmissible encephalopathy,
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy,
transmission,
transmission density,
transmission line,
transmissivity,
transmissometer