"Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named after Josef Gerstmann, Ernst Sträussler and Ilya Scheinker, the Austrian physicians who first described it in the mid-1930s. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (uncountable)
  1. A very rare, usually familial, fatal neurodegenerative disease, classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Tags: uncountable
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