Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun
Creutz·feldt-Ja·kob disease
ˈkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˈyä-(ˌ)kōb-
variants
or less commonly Creutzfeld-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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