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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Definition


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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun
    1. pathol.
      A rare and usually fatal disease caused by viral infection and characterized by dementia, sometimes accompanied by wasting of muscle tissue and various neurological abnormalities.
Etymology: 1960s: named after the German physicians H G Creutzfeldt (1885‐1964) and A Jakob (1884‐1931).



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