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jakob
noun(Creutz-feldt-Ja-kob disease)
a rare progressive fatal encephalopathy caused by a prion and marked by development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination
jakob
noun(Creutz-feldt-Ja-kob disease)
a disease of the brain that causes people to lose their memory, to no longer be able to control their muscles, and eventually to die
jakob
noun(Creutz-feldt-Ja-kob disease)
variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease —abbreviation nvCJD
jakob
noun(Creutz-feldt-Ja-kob disease)
a fatal prion disease that is held to be a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused by the prion associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and contracted by consuming infected beef or beef products —abbreviation vCJD—called also variant CJD

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