Creutzfeld-jakob

creutz;feldt╟ja;kob disease variant(s): also creutz;feld╟ja;kob disease function: noun etymology: hans g. creutzfeldt ?1964 german psychiatrist and alfons m. jakob ?1931 german psychiatristdate: 1963 : a rare progressive fatal encephalopathy caused by a prion and marked by development of porous brain tissue, premature dementia in middle age, and gradual loss of muscular coordination