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Definition of cjd in English English dictionary
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- CJD is an incurable brain disease that affects human beings and is believed to be caused by eating beef from cows with BSE. CJD is an abbreviation for `Creutzfeld Jacob disease'. the abbreviation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- rare degenerative brain disease named after Hans G. Creutsfeldt and Alfons Jakob (disease is characterized by memory loss, jerky movements, stiff posture and seizures caused by a rapid loss of cerebral cells)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease The most common human SE which is characterised by a rapidly progressive dementia
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease The most common human SE which is characterised by a rapidly progressive dementia Identified in the 1920s through the work of Creutzfeldt and Jakob
- Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
- Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
- Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease: The most common human SE [spongiform encephalopathy] which is characterised by a rapidly progressive dementia Identified in the 1920s through the work of Creutzfeldt and Jakob [UK Creutzfeldt- Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, Scientific & Medical Terms, Univ of Edinburgh, UK, 1997 ] http: //www cjd ed ac uk/glos htm
- 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
- Creuzfeld-Jakob Disease
- new variant CJD
- a brain disease that kills people, which may be caused by eating beef that is affected by BSE mad cow disease