scrapie


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scrapie/ˈskreɪpi/
noun a disease of sheep involving the central nervous system, characterized by a lack of coordination that causes affected animals to rub against objects for support.
– origin early 20th cent.: from scrape + -ie.
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