Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

English

Etymology

Named after German neurologists Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931).

Noun

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (uncountable)

  1. (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

Derived terms
  • new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
  • variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

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