CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Dictionary entry overview: What does chronic wasting disease mean? • CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (noun)
The noun CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
Familiarity information: CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (noun)
Meaning:
A wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chronic wasting disease" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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