variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

noun

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 variant CJD

First Known Use of variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease

1996

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variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

noun

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