Alzheimer's disease

• Alzheimer's Disease

Named after Alois Alzheimer (June 14, 1864 - December 19, 1915), a German neurologist who described the disease in 1906.

• enPR: älts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ălts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈæltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ôlts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ôlz'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlzhaɪmə(ɹ)z/

Alzheimer's disease (uncountable)

1. (neurology, medicine) A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.

• (neurology, pathology): Alzheimer's (colloquial), senile dementia (especially formerly), old timer's disease (slang, pejorative), AD (abbreviation)

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