| creutzfeldt-jakob disease | (n) 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. CJD, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease |
| jakobson | (n) United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982), Syn. Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson |
| arminius | (n) Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609), Syn. Jacob Harmensen, Jacobus Arminius, Jakob Hermandszoon |
| bernoulli | (n) Swiss mathematician (1654-1705), Syn. Jakob Bernoulli, James Bernoulli, Jacques Bernoulli |
| berzelius | (n) Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848), Syn. Jons Jakob Berzelius |
| boehme | (n) German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624), Syn. Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Behmen, Jakob Boehme, Jakob Boehm, Jakob Behmen, Boehm |
| grimm | (n) the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863), Syn. Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm |
| mendelssohn | (n) German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847), Syn. Felix Mendelssohn, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |
| meyerbeer | (n) German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864), Syn. Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jakob Liebmann Beer |
