CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE


Meaning of CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also Creutz·feld-Ja·kob disease ˈkrȯits-ˌfelt-ˈyä-(ˌ)kōb-

Etymology: Hans G. Creutzfeldt died 1964 German psychiatrist and Alfons M. Jakob died 1931 German psychiatrist

Date: 1963

: 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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