Look up: Scrapie

1. Scrapie
   The TSE of sheep or goats.
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2. scrapie
   [n] - a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
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3. scrapie
   A chronic neurological disease of sheep and goats, similar to other spongiform encephalopathies and much used as a model for studying the diseases. Controversy still surrounds the nature of the transmissible agent - slow viruses are proposed by some workers, prions by an increasing number of others.
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4. scrapie
   A chronic neurological disease of sheep and goats, similar to other spongiform encephalopathies and much used as a model for studying the diseases. Controversy still surrounds the nature of the transmissible agent slow viruses are proposed by some workers, prions by an increasing number of others. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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5. scrapie
   noun a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
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6. scrapie
   fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and, less often, goats. Scrapie has existed in Europe for more than 200 years and has been endemic in ... [4 related articles]
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7. scrapie
   scrapie: see prion.
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8. scrapie
   Type: Term Pronunciation: skrap′ē, skrā′pē Definitions: 1. A communicable spongiform encephalopathy of the central nervous system of sheep and goats caused by a prion and characterized by a very long incubation period followed by pruritus, abnormalities of gait, and invari...
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9. scrapie
   Fatal disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system, causing deterioration of the brain cells, and leading to the characteristic staggering gait and other behavioural abnormalities, before death. It is caused by the presence of an abnormal version of the brain protein PrP and is...
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10. Scrapie
    `Scrapie` is a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats.<ref name="pmid1617202">--> It is one of several transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), which are related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or "mad cow disease") an...
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