- variant CJD
- UK / US
noun [uncountable]
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: a form of CJD (= brain disease) that has recently been recognized and that mainly affects younger people
English dictionary. 2014.
variant CJD
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variant CJD — UK US noun [uncountable] variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: a form of CJD (=brain disease) that has recently been recognized and that mainly affects younger people http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/variant cjd.htm Thesaurus:… … Useful english dictionary
variant CJD — variant CJ D noun uncount MEDICAL variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: a form of CJD (=brain disease) that has recently been recognized and that mainly affects younger people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
new variant CJD — UK US noun [uncountable] a form of the illness cjd that makes people ill very quickly Thesaurus: specific diseaseshyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditionssynonym * * * ˌnew ˌvariant CJˈD 7 [new variant CJD] … Useful english dictionary
new variant CJD — UK / US noun [uncountable] a form of the illness CJD that makes people ill very quickly … English dictionary
new variant CJD — new variant CJ D n [U] a brain disease that kills people, which may be caused by eating ↑beef that is affected by ↑BSE →↑mad cow disease … Dictionary of contemporary English
CJD — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, ↑Jakob Creutzfeldt disease •… … Useful english dictionary
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation… … Medical dictionary
v-CJD — [ ,vi si dʒeı di ] noun uncount MEDICAL VARIANT CJD … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
v-CJD — UK [ˌviː siː dʒeɪ ˈdiː] US [ˌvi si dʒeɪ ˈdi] noun [uncountable] medical variant cjd Thesaurus: specific diseaseshyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditionssynonym … Useful english dictionary
v-CJD — UK [ˌviː siː dʒeɪ ˈdiː] / US [ˌvɪ sɪ dʒeɪ ˈdɪ] noun [uncountable] medical variant CJD … English dictionary
