Main Entry:

Creutz·feldt–Ja·kob disease

Variant(s):

also Creutz·feld–Ja·kob disease \ˈkrȯits-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