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Dictionary entry overview: What does CJD mean?

• CJD (noun)
The noun CJD has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: CJD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CJD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

CJD; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Hypernyms ("CJD" is a kind of...):

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

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