scrapie

From scrape +‎ -ie.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹeɪpi/
• Rhymes: -eɪpi

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 2004, p. 272:

     This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten.

• zombie deer disease
• mad cow disease

• epacris, ice spar, icespar, raspice, spacier

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈskɾej.pi/

scrapie m or f (in variation) (uncountable)

1. scrapie (degenerative disease of sheep and goats)