Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions).
Synonyms: CJD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions).
More synonyms by meaning
nounrare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after German neurologists Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 克雅二氏病
- 克雅二氏病 (Kè-Yǎ èrshì bìng)Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Czech Creutzfeldt-Jakobova nemoc
- Creutzfeldt-Jakobova nemocCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Dutch ziekte van Creutzfeldt-Jakob, creutzfeldt-jakobsyndroom
- ziekte van Creutzfeldt-JakobCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
- creutzfeldt-jakobsyndroomCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Esperanto malsano de Creutzfeld-Jakob
- malsano de Creutzfeld-JakobCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Finnish Creutzfeldt–Jakobin tauti
- Creutzfeldt–Jakobin tautiCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
French maladie de Creutzfeld-Jakob
- maladie de Creutzfeld-JakobCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
German Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob-KrankheitCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Greek νόσος Κρόιτσφελντ-Γιάκομπ, σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών
- νόσος Κρόιτσφελντ-Γιάκομπ (nósos Króitsfelnt-Giákomp)Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
- σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών (spongódis egkefalopátheia ton vooeidón)Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Japanese クロイツフェルト・ヤコブ病
- クロイツフェルト・ヤコブ病 (kuroitsuferuto-yakobubyō)Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Norwegian Creutzfeldt-Jakobs sykdom
- Creutzfeldt-Jakobs sykdomCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Polish choroba Creutzfeldta-Jakoba
- choroba Creutzfeldta-JakobaCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Portuguese doença de Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- doença de Creutzfeldt-JakobCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Spanish enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-JakobCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Swedish Creutzfeldt-Jakobs sjukdom
- Creutzfeldt-Jakobs sjukdomCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Cite this entry
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Creutzfeldt-Jakob%20disease
“Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Creutzfeldt-Jakob%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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