Named after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), a German neurologist who described the disease in 1906.
- enPR: ăl(t)s'hī-mə(r)z dĭ-zēz', äl(t)s'-, ôl(t)s'-, ălz'-, älz'-, ôlz'-
- IPA(key): /ˈæl(t)s.haɪ.mə(ɹ)z dɪˈziːz/, /ˈɑːl(t)s-/, /ˈɔːl(t)s-/, /ˈælz-/, /ˈɑːlz-/, /ˈɔːlz-/
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- Rhymes: -iːz
Alzheimer's disease (uncountable)
- (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
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) (proscribed), 老年痴呆症 (zh) (lǎonián chīdāizhèng) (proscribed)
- Cornish: kleves Alzheimer m
- Czech: Alzheimerova choroba (cs) f
- Danish: Alzheimers sygdom ?
- Dutch: ziekte van Alzheimer f, 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: Αλτσχάιμερ (el) n (Altscháimer), νόσος Αλτσχάιμερ (el) f (nósos 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: alzheimer c, Alzheimers sjukdom (sv) c
- 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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