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Definition of scrapie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scrapie

noun

/ˈskreɪpi/

/ˈskreɪpi/

[uncountable]

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a serious disease that affects the nervous system of sheepTopics Health problemsc2
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from the verb scrape + -ie.

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