English
Etymology
Named after Alois Alzheimer (June 14, 1864 - December 19, 1915), a German neurologist who described the disease in 1906.
Pronunciation
Noun
Alzheimer's disease (uncountable)
- (neurology, pathology) A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.
- Synonyms: (colloquial) Alzheimer's, (especially formerly) senile dementia, (slang, pejorative) old timer's disease, (abbreviation) AD
Translations
mental disorder from brain tissue changes
- Afrikaans: Alzheimersiekte
- Arabic: أَلْزْهَايْمْر ? (ʾalzhaymr)
- Gulf Arabic: زَهايْمِر (zəhāymir)
- Armenian: Ալցհայմերի հիվանդություն (Alcʻhaymeri hivandutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: Alzheimer xəstəliyi
- Belarusian: хваро́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvaróba Alʹchjéjmjera)
- Catalan: malaltia d'Alzheimer ?
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 阿爾茨海默病/阿尔茨海默病 (zh) (ā'ěrcíhǎimòbìng), 阿尔茨海默病 (zh) (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòbìng), 阿茲海默病/阿兹海默病 (zh) (Āzīhǎimòbìng), 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 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) ?, 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 ?
- Hindi: अलजाइमर रोग m (aljāimar rog)
- Hungarian: Alzheimer-kór (hu)
- Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
- Ido: Alzheimer-morbo
- Irish: aicíd Alzheimer f
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- Italian: morbo di Alzheimer m, Alzheimer m
- Japanese: アルツハイマー病 (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
- Malay: Alzheimer
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Alzheimers sykdom m
- Nynorsk: Alzheimers sjukdom m
- Persian: بیماری آلزایمر (bimâr-e Âlzâymer)
- Polish: choroba Alzheimera (pl) f
- 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)
- Slovak: Alzheimerova choroba f, alzheimer m
- Spanish: enfermedad de Alzheimer f, alzheimer (es) m, alzhéimer m
- Swedish: Alzheimers sjukdom ?
- Tajik: Бемории Алзенер (Bemori-yi 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
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