CJD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CJD mean? 

• CJD (noun)
  The noun CJD has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CJD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CJD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

CJD; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Hypernyms ("CJD" is a kind of...):

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

 Context examples 

RT-QuIC correctly detected abnormal prion protein in each CJD patient sample tested and in none of the non-CJD group.

(NIH scientists and collaborators find infectious prion protein in skin of CJD patients, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists have found evidence of the infectious agent of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the eyes of deceased CJD patients.

(Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions, National Institutes of Health)

There is concern that people can get a variant of CJD from eating beef from an infected animal, but there is no direct proof to support this.

(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A familial form exhibiting autosomal dominant inheritance and a new variant CJD (potentially associated with ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM) have been described.

(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Human prion diseases include fatal insomnia; kuru; Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome; and variant, familial and sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD).

(Study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists at NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases developed RT-QuIC about a decade ago to detect Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) and other prion diseases.

(New test detects protein associated with Alzheimer’s and CTE, National Institutes of Health)

They also collected brain tissue from the 23 CJD patients and from seven individuals who died of other causes.

(NIH scientists and collaborators find infectious prion protein in skin of CJD patients, National Institutes of Health)

Sporadic CJD, a fatal neurodegenerative prion disease of humans, is untreatable and difficult to diagnose.

(Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions, National Institutes of Health)

The test, which already is used in clinical settings to diagnose sporadic CJD, is noted for its rapid and accurate results.

(New test detects protein associated with Alzheimer’s and CTE, National Institutes of Health)

Sporadic CJD is the most common human prion disease, affecting about one in one million people annually worldwide.

(Study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques, National Institutes of Health)