scrapie

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English[edit]

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From scrape +‎ -ie, from the tendency of affected animals to scrape themselves against solid objects.

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scrapie (countable and uncountable, plural scrapies)

  1. A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 272:
      This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten.

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English scrapie.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈskɾej.pi/ [ˈskɾeɪ̯.pi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈskɾej.pe/ [ˈskɾeɪ̯.pe]
 

Noun[edit]

scrapie m or f (uncountable)

  1. (Brazil) scrapie (degenerative disease of sheep and goats)