Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun creutzfeldt-jakob_disease

1 sense of creutzfeldt-jakob disease

Sense 1
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, 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)
       => brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease -- (any disorder or disease of the brain)