Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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- noun
- /ˈkroɪtsˌfɛlt ˈjɑːkɒb dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- Ten people died of an entirely new strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
- sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Examples
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare disorder of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy characterized by progressive dementia.
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It has also jumped to people, and a new human variant of the illness, known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is believed to be responsible for 150 deaths since 1995.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare type of spongiform encephalopathy.
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Few reports in the literature describe patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who present with sudden-onset hearing loss as their primary symptom for seeking treatment.
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One such encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), has been recognized for more than a century.
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Since 1990, 157 people worldwide are believed to have contracted the abnormal prion-related disease called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from consumption of BSE-contaminated food.
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The most common form of human prion disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), can be sporadic, inherited, or acquired by infection; the sporadic form alone accounts for the great majority of all cases of CJD (2).
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More than 100 people have been diagnosed with the incurable human form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare disorder of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy characterized by progressive dementia.
Synonyms
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A rare brain disease that causes quick loss of memory and muscle control and usually leads to death
A rare, usually fatal brain disease in middle age that causes rapidly worsening memory and loss of muscle control
Surface Forms
Morphology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob + disease
This is an eponymic name (proper name + "disease"): a learner who knows "disease" will infer it is an illness, but the specific sense (a rare, usually fatal prion brain disorder with progressive dementia and loss of muscle control) cannot be derived from the names Creutzfeldt‑Jakob. Eponymic medical terms therefore give partial information (category = disease) but not the clinical details, so the meaning is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is named after two doctors, Creutzfeldt and Jakob, who first described patients with very fast memory loss and trouble moving. That's why the name is used for a rare 'brain disease' that usually causes quick decline.