scrapie
nounUK /ˈskɹeɪpi/
Etymology From scrape + -ie, from the tendency of affected animals to scrape themselves against solid objects.
1
A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
- This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 272:
- Coordinate terms
- mad cow disease, zombie deer disease