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scrap•ie
(skrā′pē, skrap′ē),USA pronunciation n. [Vet. Pathol.]
- Veterinary Diseasesan infectious, usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: caused by an unidentified sticky agent that clings to cell membranes.
- scrape + -ie 1905–10
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