Alzheimer's disease

See also: Alzheimer's Disease

English

Etymology

Named after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), a German neurologist who described the disease in 1906.

Pronunciation

• enPR: äl(t)s'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːl(t)shaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ăl(t)s'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈæl(t)shaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ôl(t)s'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːl(t)shaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ôlz'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlzhaɪmə(ɹ)z/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

Alzheimer's disease (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) AD, (informal) Alzheimer's, (slang, sometimes humorous or derogatory) old timer's disease, (especially formerly) senile dementia

Alternative forms

• Alzheimer's Disease

Related terms

• Alzheimer
• Alzheimerian

Translations

mental disorder from brain tissue changes

• Afrikaans: Alzheimersiekte
• Arabic: أَلْزْهَايْمْر ? (ʔalzhaymr)

  Gulf Arabic: زَهايْمِر (zəhāymir)

  Hijazi Arabic: زَهَايْمَر m (zahāymar)

  Moroccan Arabic: زهيمر m (zhaymar)

• Armenian: Ալցհայմերի հիվանդություն (Alcʻhaymeri hivandutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: Alzheimer xəstəliyi
• Belarusian: хваро́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvaróba Alʹchjéjmjera)
• Bulgarian: алцхаймер m (alchajmer), бо́лест на Алцхаймер f (bólest na Alchajmer)
• Catalan: malaltia d'Alzheimer f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾茨海默病／阿尔茨海默病 (zh) (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòbìng), 阿茲海默病／阿兹海默病 (zh) (Āzīhǎimòbìng), 阿耳茨海默氏病 (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòshìbìng), 老人失智症 (lǎorén shīzhìzhèng), 老年痴呆症 (zh) (lǎonián chīdāizhèng)

• Cornish: kleves Alzheimer m
• Czech: Alzheimerova choroba (cs) f
• Danish: Alzheimers sygdom ?
• Dutch: ziekte van Alzheimer ?, alzheimer (nl) ?
• Esperanto: alchajmero
• Finnish: Alzheimerin tauti (fi), alzheimerintauti
• French: maladie d’Alzheimer (fr) f
• Georgian: ალცჰეიმერის დაავადება (alcheimeris daavadeba)
• German: Alzheimer (de) m, Alzheimer-Krankheit (de) f
• Greek: προγεροντική άνοια f (progerontikí ánoia), νόσος του Αλτσχάιμερ f (nósos tou Altscháimer)
• Gujarati: અલ્ઝાઇમર રોગની ? (aljhāimar rognī)
• Hebrew: מחלת אלצהיימר f
• Hindi: अलजाइमर रोग m (aljāimar rog)
• Hungarian: Alzheimer-kór (hu)
• Icelandic: Alzheimer-sjúkdómur m
• Ido: Alzheimer-morbo
• Irish: aicíd Alzheimer f
• Italian: morbo di Alzheimer m, Alzheimer m
• Japanese: アルツハイマー病 (ja) (Arutsuhaimā-byō)
• Kazakh: Альцгеймер ауруы (Alsgeimer auruy)
• Khmer: ជំងឺភ្លេចភ្លាំង (jumngɨɨ plɨch pleang)
• Korean: 알츠하이머 병 (Alcheuhaimeo byeong)
• Kyrgyz: Альцгеймер оорусу (Altsgeymer oorusu)
• Latin: morbus Alzheimer m
• Lithuanian: Alzheimerio liga f
• Macedonian: Алцхајме́рова бо́лест f (Alchajmérova bólest)
• Malay: Alzheimer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Alzheimers sykdom m

  Nynorsk: Alzheimers sjukdom m

• Persian: بیماری آلزایمر (bimâri-ye âlzâymer)
• Polish: choroba Alzheimera (pl) f, alzheimer (pl) m
• Portuguese: doença de Alzheimer (pt) f, alzheimer m, mal de Alzheimer (pt) m
• Romanian: boala Alzheimer f
• Russian: боле́знь Альцге́ймера (ru) f (boléznʹ Alʹcgéjmera), Альцге́ймер (ru) m (Alʹcgéjmer)
• Serbo-Croatian: Alzheimarova bolest f, Alzheimer m
• Slovak: Alzheimerova choroba f, alzheimer m
• Spanish: enfermedad de Alzheimer f, alzheimer (es) m, alzhéimer m
• Swedish: Alzheimers sjukdom (sv) c
• Tajik: Бемории Алзенер (Bemoriyi Alzener)
• Telugu: మతిమరపు వ్యాధి (matimarapu vyādhi)
• Turkish: Alzheimer (tr)
• Ukrainian: хворо́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvoróba Alʹchéjmera)
• Uzbek: Altsgeymer kasalligi
• Vietnamese: bệnh Alzheimer
• Welsh: clefyd Alzheimer m

See also

• sundowner syndrome

Further reading

• Alzheimer's disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia