Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease /kroitsˈfelt yakˈob di-zēzˈ/

A degenerative condition of the brain thought to be caused by infection with a brain protein, called a prion, and characterized by diminishing muscle co-ordination, deterioration of the intellect and often blindness and loss of speech, one form of which (variant or new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) is thought to be associated with exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy from infected beef products (abbrev CJD)

variance /vāˈri-əns/

1. Variation
2. Deviation
3. Alteration
4. An exemption from normal building regulations (N American)
5. A discrepancy
6. The difference between budgeted and actual costs (commerce)
7. A disagreement, dispute
8. The average of the squares of the deviations of a number of observations from the mean (statistics)

vāˈriant noun

1. A different form of the same thing (esp a word)
2. A different reading
3. A specimen slightly differing from a type or standard

1. Changeful
2. Varying
3. Diversified
4. Different
5. Diverging from a type or standard

variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease see Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

at variance

1. In disagreement, dissension or dispute (with)
2. Not in accordance (with)

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