Alzheimer's disease

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: älts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA: /ˈɑːltshaɪmə(r)z/, SAMPA: /"A:ltshaIm@(r)z/
• enPR: ălts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA: /ˈæltshaɪmə(r)z/, SAMPA: /"{ltshaIm@(r)z/
• enPR: ôlts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA: /ˈɔːltshaɪmə(r)z/, SAMPA: /"O:ltshaIm@(r)z/
• enPR: ôlz'hī-mə(r)z, IPA: /ˈɔːlzhaɪmə(r)z/, SAMPA: /"O:lzhaIm@(r)z/

Noun

Alzheimer's disease (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

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

See also

• Alzheimer's disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sundowner syndrome

Translations

mental disorder from brain tissue changes

Arabic: الزهايمر (ar) (’alz-háymr) Armenian: Ալցհայմերի հիվանդություն (hy) (Alc’haymeri hivandut’yun) Belarusian: хвароба Альцгеймера (be) (xvaróba Al'c-héjmera) f. Catalan: malaltia d'Alzheimer (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿爾茨海默病 (zh), 阿尔茨海默病 (zh) (Ā'ěrcíhǎimò bìng), 阿茲海默病 (zh), 阿兹海默病 (zh) (Āzīhǎimò bìng), 阿耳茨海默氏病 (zh) (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòshì bìng), 老人失智癥 (zh), 老人失智症 (zh) (lǎorén shīzhì zhèng), 老年痴呆癥 (zh), 老年痴呆症 (zh) (lǎonián chīdāi zhèng) Czech: Alzheimerova choroba (cs) f. Danish: Alzheimers sygdom (da) Dutch: ziekte van Alzheimer (nl), alzheimer (nl) Esperanto: alchajmero Finnish: Alzheimerin tauti (fi) French: maladie d'Alzheimer (fr) f. German: Alzheimer-Krankheit (de) f. Greek: προγεροντική άνοια (el) (progerontikí ánoia) f., νόσος Αλτσχάιμερ (el) (nósos Altscháimer) f.

Hebrew: מחלת אלצהיימר (he) Hindi: अलजाइमर रोग (hi) (aljā'imar rog) m. Italian: morbo di Alzheimer (it) m. Japanese: アルツハイマー病 (ja) (Arutsuhaimā-byō) Khmer: ជំងឺភ្លេចភ្លាំង​ (km) (jumngɨɨ plɨch pleang) Korean: 알츠하이머 병 (ko) (Alcheuhaimeo byeong) Latin: morbus Alzheimer (la) m. Malay: Alzheimer (ms) Persian: بیماری آلزایمر (fa) (bimâr-e Âlzâymer) Polish: choroba Alzheimera (pl) f. Portuguese: doença de Alzheimer (pt) f. Russian: болезнь Альцгеймера (ru) (bolézn’ Al’cgéjmera) f., Альцгеймер (ru) (Al’cgéjmer) m. Spanish: enfermedad de Alzheimer (es) f. Swedish: Alzheimers sjukdom (sv) Turkish: Alzheimer (tr) Ukrainian: хвороба Альцгеймера (uk) (xvoróba Al'c-héjmera) f. Vietnamese: bệnh Alzheimer (vi)