Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
معنی کامل و مثالها
/kroits´felt yä´kōb, -kôp/
● (پزشکی) بیماری کروتسفلد-یاکوب (تباهی فزاینده و درمان ناپذیر سلسلهی اعصاب در اثر حملهی یک نوع ویروس که از سالها قبل در بدن کمون کرده است)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Named after the two German neurologists, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt and Alfons Maria Jakob, who first described the disease in the 1920s.
مثال
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is characterized by rapidly progressive dementia.
- The diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was confirmed by a brain biopsy.
- There is currently no cure for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
ترکیبهای رایج
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تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- 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