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doença da vaca louca

Portuguese, noun

doença da vaca louca is spelled D-O-E-N-Ç-A-D-A-V-A-C-A-L-O-U-C-A (17 letters). Doença da vaca louca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does doença da vaca louca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininemad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. encefalopatia espongiforme do gado, causada por um príon, que pode ser transmitida ao homem pela ingestão de carne contaminada

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

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