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The following 3 entries include the term jakob.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun: 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
new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun: variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease —abbreviation nvCJD
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun: a fatal prion disease that is held to be a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused by the prion associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and contracted by consuming infected beef or beef products —abbreviation vCJD
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