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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease


Main Entry: Creutz·feldt–Ja·kob disease
Variant(s): also Creutz·feld–Ja·kob disease \ˈkrits-ˌfelt-ˈyä-(ˌ)kōb-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Hans G. Creutzfeldt †1964 German psychiatrist and Alfons M. Jakob †1931 German psychiatrist
Date: 1963

: a rare progressive fatal encephalopathy caused by a prion and marked by development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination


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