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English > 1 sense of the expression chronic wasting disease:
NOUNstatechronic wasting diseasea wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
English > chronic wasting disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk.
Broaderanimal diseaseA disease that typically does not affect human beings