jakob-creutzfeldt disease

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jakob-creutzfeldt disease - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
      n 1: rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age)
           caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by
           progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
           [syn: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, CJD, Jakob- Creutzfeldt disease
           ]