chronic wasting disease
nounEtymology
The common-noun sense that functions as a hypernym over the names of various specific diseases predates the sense naming one specific disease in deer. The latter sense appears to have evolved through misparsing in which the former was misinterpreted as being the latter; but it is now an established term for that specific disease (thus, a fait accompli).
Definitions
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer, typified by chronic weight loss…
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer, typified by chronic weight loss leading to death.
Any of various chronic diseases that involve wasting in various animals, human or…
Any of various chronic diseases that involve wasting in various animals, human or nonhuman.
- a chronic wasting disease
- various chronic wasting diseases
The neighborhood
- neighborwaste away
- neighborcachexia
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for chronic wasting disease. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA