Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

noun

A very rare, usually familial, fatal neurodegenerative disease, classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

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Meanings

nounGerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA very rare, usually familial, fatal neurodegenerative disease, classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

Origin

Named after Josef Gerstmann, Ernst Sträussler and Ilya Scheinker, the Austrian physicians who first described it in the mid-1930s.

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Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gerstmann-Str%C3%A4ussler-Scheinker%20syndrome

MLA

“Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gerstmann-Str%C3%A4ussler-Scheinker%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gerstmann-Str%C3%A4ussler-Scheinker%20syndrome.

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