Search Result for "creutzfeldt-jakob disease":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Creutzfeldt-Jakob 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]