chronic wasting disease
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- noun
- /ˈkrɒnɪk ˈweɪstɪŋ dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad crónica de desgaste
- The Game Commission is requiring every hunter in the disease management area to get their deer tested for chronic wasting disease.
- chronic wasting disease in deer
Examples
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Last month, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported that two deer raised on an Adams County deer farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
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About half of Graham's western York County district is in the chronic wasting disease management area.
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In most places, when you get chronic wasting disease, you have it forever.
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The presence of chronic wasting disease will prove costly.
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The deer testing positive for the disease were only discovered this fall, and they mark the first recorded cases of chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania.
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Hunters who shoot a deer in that area are required to get it tested for chronic wasting disease.
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The announcement last week that chronic wasting disease was discovered in the state does not signal the end of Pennsylvania's deer herd.
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DEC wants hunters to know for next week, when deer hunting begins in Pennsylvania, about the outbreak of chronic wasting disease among the deer population in PA.
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The agency has emphasized two major messages: chronic wasting disease has never been found to have jumped from deer to humans, and it hasn't been found in any wild deer in Pennsylvania.
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The impact of chronic wasting disease on deer populations is a major concern for wildlife officials.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'chronic' (long-lasting) + 'wasting' (loss of body tissue/weight) + 'disease' (illness) yields a long-term illness that causes wasting. Although it names a specific veterinary condition, the semantic parts combine in a straightforward, cross-linguistically common way, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name chronic wasting disease comes from what the illness does: chronic means 'long-lasting' and wasting means 'slowly losing weight and strength'. So the name gives the clear image of a deer slowly 'wasting away', which is why we use it for this long sickness in deer and elk.