noun
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; CJD
A rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Medical term; used in clinical and scientific contexts.
クロイツフェルトヤコブ病はプリオン病の一種です。
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a type of prion disease.
Named after the German neurologists Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt and Alfons Maria Jakob. The Japanese term is a direct transliteration of the German name plus 病 (disease).