Chronic wasting disease

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer, typified by chronic weight loss leading to death.

2.NounAny of various chronic diseases that involve wasting in various animals, human or nonhuman.

"a chronic wasting disease"

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