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Alzheimer's disease
[ ahlts-hahy-merz, alts-, awlts- ]
noun
- a common form of dementia, believed to be caused by changes in the brain, usually beginning in late middle age, characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of mental ability.
Alzheimer's disease
/ ˈæٲˌɪə /
noun
- a disorder of the brain resulting in a progressive decline in intellectual and physical abilities and eventual dementia Often shortened toAlzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease
- A progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, commonly affecting the elderly, and associated with the development of amyloid plaques in the cerebral cortex. It is characterized by confusion, disorientation, memory failure, speech disturbances, and eventual dementia. The cause is unknown. Alzheimer's disease is named for its identifier, German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Alzheimer's disease1
Example Sentences
The former deputy prime minister died at the age of 86 in November 2024 after living with Alzheimer's disease for a number of years.
Studies of cancer treatments, for example, or Alzheimer's disease or drug safety or heart attack risk are all topics at risk in the current war on sex differences research.
Mr Garber said the funding freeze affected critical research including studies on pediatric cancer, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Hackman died several days later of complications of advanced Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease and heart disease, according to the medical investigator.
Authorities believe she died around 12 February, and her husband, 95, who had Alzheimer's disease, died on 18 February.
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