scrapie
Meanings
Plural: scrapies
Noun
- a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
- A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
Origin / Etymology
From scrape + -ie, from the tendency of affected animals to scrape themselves against solid objects.
Scrabble Score: 11
scrapie is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordscrapie is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 13
scrapie is a valid Words With Friends word