scrapie

scrapie definition - medical

scra·pie (skrāˈpē, skrăpˈē)

noun
A usually fatal infectious disease of sheep and goats, marked by chronic itching, loss of muscular coordination, and progressive deterioration of the central nervous system, thought to be caused by a prion.

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