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Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
noun Creutz·feldt–Ja·kob disease \ˈkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˈyä-(ˌ)kōb-\
medical : a disease of the brain that causes people to lose their memory, to no longer be able to control their muscles, and eventually to die
Full Definition of CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
: a rare progressive fatal encephalopathy caused by a prion and marked by development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination
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Creutz·feldt–Ja·kob disease also Creutz·feld–Ja·kob disease \ˈkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˈyä-(ˌ)kōb-\
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Origin of CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
Hans G. Creutzfeldt †1964 German psychiatrist and Alfons M. Jakob †1931 German psychiatrist
First Known Use: 1963
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Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
noun Creutz·feldt–Ja·kob disease
Medical Definition of CREUTZFELDT–JAKOB DISEASE
: a rare progressive fatal prion disease marked by the development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination—abbreviation CJD; called also Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease; see variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease
Biographical Note for CREUTZFELDT–JAKOB DISEASE
Creutz·feldt \ˈkroits-ˌfelt\ Hans Gerhard (1885–1964), and Ja·kob \ˈyä-ˌkōp\ Alfons Maria (1884–1931), German psychiatrists. Creutzfeldt published his description of the disease now known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in 1920. A year later in the same neurological journal Jakob offered his description. Although Creutzfeldt's description is the original one, Jakob's is the better known of the two, so the disease is named in honor of both men.
Variants of CREUTZFELDT–JAKOB DISEASE
Creutz·feldt–Ja·kob disease also Creutz·feld–Ja·kob disease \ˌkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˌyä-(ˌ)kōb-\
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