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CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chronic wasting disease" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)