Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

English

Etymology

Named after Josef Gerstmann, Ernst Sträussler and Ilya Scheinker, the Austrian physicians who first described it in the mid-1930s.

Noun

Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (uncountable)

1. A very rare, usually familial, fatal neurodegenerative disease, classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.