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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Jones battled Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for nearly three years, according to Illinois.
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Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
She was drawn to the topic after a neighbor and friend fell ill with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and died within weeks.
—Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
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Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
She was drawn to the topic after a neighbor and friend fell ill with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and died within weeks.
—Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun
Creutz·feldt-Ja·kob disease
variants
also Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
: a rare progressive fatal prion disease marked by the development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination
—abbreviation CJD
called also Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
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