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Detailed Synonyms for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in English
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [the ~] noun
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the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
– rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control 1the Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease; the CJD; the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease– rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control 1