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scrapie

noun

1 scrapie

A fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: schuurziekte
Polish: kołowacizna, trzęsawka, choroba kłusowa


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