Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Noun
Meaning
rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
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CJD
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
chronic wasting disease
scrapie
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
fatal familial insomnia
prion disease
classic creutzfeldt-jakob disease
disease that destroys brain cells
fatal brain disorder
fatal disorder affecting brain
fatal slow-developing disease
incurable degenerative disease
incurable degenerative disease affecting brain
kuru disease
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