CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mean? 

• CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE 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: CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (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 ("Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Scrapie, which affects sheep and goats and can be adapted to rodents, is closely related to human prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which is currently untreatable.

(Experimental treatment slows prion disease, extends life of mice, 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)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder.

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

National Institutes of Health scientists and collaborators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, have detected abnormal prion protein in the skin of nearly two dozen people who died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

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