Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
English
editEtymology
editNamed after German neurologists Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931).
Noun
editCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease (uncountable)
- (pathology, neurology) A rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions).
- Synonym: (abbreviation) CJD
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editCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
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