variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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nounDefinition of VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
: a fatal prion disease that is held to be a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused by the prion associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and contracted by consuming infected beef or beef products —abbreviation vCJD —called also variant CJD
First Known Use of VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
1996
variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of VARIANT CREUTZFELDT–JAKOB DISEASE
: a fatal prion disease that is held to be a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused by the prion associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and contracted by consuming infected beef or beef products—abbreviation vCJD; called also new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant CJD
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