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Complete Definition of "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease"

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Etymology
Named after w:Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt|Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt and w:Alfons Maria Jakob|Alfons Maria Jakob.

Noun
en-noun|sg=Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease|- (abbreviation CJD)

  1. context|disease|neurology A rare, progressive, currently fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. A prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (corneal transplants, blood transfusions).

Translations
trans-top|Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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