释义 |
creutz·feldt-ja·kob disease noun also creutz·feld-ja·kob disease \ˌkrȯitsˌfelt¦yä(ˌ)kōb-, -(ˌ)kȯp-\ Usage: usually capitalized C&J Etymology: after Hans G. Creutzfeldt died 1964 German psychiatrist and Alfons M. Jakob died 1931 German psychiatrist : a rare progressive fatal encephalopathy now usually considered to be caused by a prion and marked by the development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination — abbreviation CJD |