noun
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; TSE
Medical term for a group of progressive neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
伝達性海綿状脳症はプリオン病の一種です。
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy is a type of prion disease.
牛海綿状脳症は伝達性海綿状脳症の一つです。
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is one of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Compound of 伝達性 (transmissible), 海綿状 (spongiform), and 脳症 (encephalopathy). A direct translation of the English medical term.