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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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| Creutz·feldt-Ja·kob dis·ease [ kròyts felt y kawb di zz ] |
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slowly developing brain disease: a rare fatal brain disease, a form of spongiform encephalopathy, that develops slowly, causing dementia and loss of muscle control. A transmissible protein particle prion is the suspected cause. A new variant of the disease, which develops rapidly and affects younger people, appeared in the late 1980s.
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| [Late 20th century. After H. G. Creutzfeldt (1885-1964) and A. M. Jakob (1884-1931), German neurologists] |
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