CJD is an incurable brain disease that affects human beings and is believed to be caused by eating beef from cows with BSE. CJD is an abbreviation for 'Creutzfeldt Jakob disease'.
CJD in British English
abbreviation for
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in British English
(ˈkrɔɪtsfɛlt ˈjɑːkɒp)
noun
pathology
a fatal slow-developing disease that affects the central nervous system, characterized by mental deterioration and loss of coordination of the limbs. It is thought to be caused by an abnormal prion protein in the brain