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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease definition

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (kro̵its′felt yä′kōb, -kôp)

an incurable degenerative disease of the nervous system thought to be caused by an unusual virus that incubates in the body for many years before symptoms appear

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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