creutzfeldt-jakob disease

Noun creutzfeldt-jakob disease has 1 sense

• creutzfeldt-jakob disease(n = noun.state) cjd, jakob-creutzfeldt disease - 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;
is a kind of brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy