Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
noun /ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɒb dɪziːz/
/ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɔːb dɪziːz/
[uncountable] (abbreviation CJD)
- a brain disease that causes slow loss of control of the mind and body and, finally, death. It is believed to be caused by prions and is linked to BSE in cows.
克罗伊茨费尔特–雅各布病，克–雅脑病（俗称疯牛病，被认为由朊病毒引起并与牛海绵状脑病有关的致命脑病） 词源1930s: named after H. G. Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and A. Jakob (1882–1927), the German neurologists who first described cases of the disease in 1920–1. Creutzfeldt is credited with the first description of the disease in 1920, although the case is atypical by current diagnostic criteria; a year later Jakob described four cases, at least two of whom had clinical features suggestive of CJD as it is currently described.