Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease

Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease
n. CJD, rare degenerative brain disease named after Hans G. Creutsfeldt and Alfons Jakob (disease is characterized by memory loss, jerky movements, stiff posture and seizures caused by a rapid loss of cerebral cells)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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