new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

British

noun

Often shortened to: new-variant CJD. variant CJD. nvCJD. vCJD. a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE

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