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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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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 died 1964 German psychiatrist and Alfons M. Jakob died 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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