noun
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; vCJD; nvCJD
Medical term for the human prion disease linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The two senses (vCJD and nvCJD) are essentially synonymous in modern usage; nvCJD is an older name.
See also: クロイツフェルトヤコブ病
変異型クロイツフェルトヤコブ病は、BSEとの関連が指摘されている。
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has been linked to BSE.
Refers to the classical (sporadic) form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, not the variant form linked to BSE.
From 変異型 (variant type) + クロイツフェルトヤコブ病 (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). The disease name is a calque from English.