/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.
Also, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease . Also called Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease .
[ 1965-70; after German physicians Hans G. Creutzfeldt (1885-1964) and Alfons Jakob (1884-1931) ]