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BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY
- An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle; also called mad cow disease.
- Usage: Report of single case of mad cow disease recently discovered in Canada.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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RUMINANT
- Of or relating to a suborder (Ruminantia) of even-toed hoofed mammals (as sheep, giraffes, deer, and camels) that chew the cud and have a complex usually four-chambered stomach.
- Usage: Report of single case of mad cow disease recently discovered in Canada.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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VITILIGO
- A disorder characterized by regions of otherwise normal skin of nonpigmented white patches of varied sizes, often symmetrically distributed and usually bordered by hyperpigmented areas; hair in the affected areas is usually, but not always, white.
- Usage: Story on a new treatment for scars and other skin discolorations using phototherapy.
Source: National Cancer Institute On-line Medical Dictionary.
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WAHHABISM
- A puritanical Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by Muhammad ibn-Abdul Wahhab and revived by ibn-Saud in the 20th century.
- Usage: Story on increased alert for terrorism in Saudi Arabia following a recent spate of suicide bombings.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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