| Definitions | | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
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noun (abbreviation CJD)
- (context, disease, neurology) A rare, progressive, currently fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. A prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (corneal transplants, blood transfusions).
Etymology: Named after w:Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt and w:Alfons Maria Jakob, Alfons Maria Jakob.
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