Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun
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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/kroyts"felt yah"kawp/, Pathol.
a rare, usually fatal brain disorder caused by an unidentified pathogen and characterized by progressive dementia, blindness, and involuntary movements.
[1965-70; after German physicians Hans G. Creutzfeldt (1885-1964) and Alfons Jakob (1884-1931)]
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease /kroitsˈfelt yakˈob di-zēzˈ/
noun
A degenerative condition of the brain thought to be caused by infection with a brain protein, called a prion, and characterized by diminishing muscle co-ordination, deterioration of the intellect and often blindness and loss of speech, one form of which (variant or new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) is thought to be associated with exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy from infected beef products (abbrev CJD)
ORIGIN: HG Creutzfeldt (1885–1964), and AM Jakob (1884–1931), German psychiatrists
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease UK [ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɒb dɪˌziːz] US [ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjɑkɔb dɪˌziz] noun [uncountable] medical
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɒb dɪziːz] [ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɔːb dɪziːz] noun uncountable (abbr. CJD
)
a brain disease that causes gradual loss of control of the mind and body and, finally, death. It is believed to be caused by ↑prions and is linked to ↑
BSE in cows.
Word Origin:
[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease] 1930s: named after H. G. Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and A. Jakob (1882–1927), the German neurologists who first described cases of the disease in 1920–1. Creutzfeldt is credited with the first description of the disease in 1920, although the case is atypical by current diagnostic criteria; a year later Jakob described four cases, at least two of whom had clinical features suggestive of CJD as it is currently described.
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