Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Creutz·feldt-Ja·kob disease | \ ˈkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˈyä-(ˌ)kōb-

variants: or less commonly Creutzfeld-Jakob disease

Definition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

: 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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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

noun

English Language Learners Definition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

: a disease of the brain that causes people to lose their memory, to no longer be able to control their muscles, and eventually to die

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

noun

Creutz·feldt-Ja·kob disease

variants: also Creutzfeld-Jakob disease \ ˌkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˌyä-(ˌ)kōb-

Medical Definition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

: a rare progressive fatal prion disease marked by the development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination —abbreviation CJD

— called also Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

— see variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease