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1. (n.) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a fatal degenerative disease of the human brain, thought to be caused by an abnormal, infectious form of cellular prion protein.
Etymology: (1965–70; after German physicians Hans G. Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and Alfons Jakob (1884–1931))
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1. (noun) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, CJD, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
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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