Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

noun

/ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɒb dɪziːz/

/ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɔːb dɪziːz/

[uncountable]

(abbreviation CJD)

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a brain disease that causes slow loss of control of the mind and body and, finally, death. It is believed to be caused by prions and is linked to BSE in cows.Topics Illnessc2
Word Origin1930s: named after H. G. Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and A. Jakob (1882–1927), the German neurologists who first described cases of the disease in 1920–1. Creutzfeldt is credited with the first description of the disease in 1920, although the case is atypical by current diagnostic criteria; a year later Jakob described four cases, at least two of whom had clinical features suggestive of CJD as it is currently described.

单词	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
释义	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease noun /ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɒb dɪziːz/ /ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɔːb dɪziːz/ [uncountable] (abbreviation CJD) jump to other results a brain disease that causes slow loss of control of the mind and body and, finally, death. It is believed to be caused by prions and is linked to BSE in cows.Topics Illnessc2 Word Origin1930s: named after H. G. Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and A. Jakob (1882–1927), the German neurologists who first described cases of the disease in 1920–1. Creutzfeldt is credited with the first description of the disease in 1920, although the case is atypical by current diagnostic criteria; a year later Jakob described four cases, at least two of whom had clinical features suggestive of CJD as it is currently described.
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