Alzheimer's disease

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English

Alternative forms

• Alzheimer's Disease

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^(key): /ˈɑːltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ălts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈæltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ôlts'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/
• enPR: ôlz'hī-mə(r)z, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlzhaɪmə(ɹ)z/

Noun

Alzheimer's disease (uncountable)

1. (neurology, medicine) 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), AD (abbreviation)

Translations

mental disorder from brain tissue changes

• Afrikaans: Alzheimersiekte
• Arabic: أَلْزْهَايْمْر‎‎ (ʾalzhaymr)
• Armenian: Ալցհայմերի հիվանդություն (Alcʿhaymeri hivandutʿyun)
• Belarusian: хваро́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvaróba Alʹchjéjmjera)
• Catalan: malaltia d'Alzheimer
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾茨海默病 (zh), 阿尔茨海默病 (zh) (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòbìng), 阿茲海默病 (zh), 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
• German: Alzheimer-Krankheit (de) f, Alzheimer (de)
• Greek: προγεροντική άνοια f (progerontikí ánoia), νόσος του Αλτσχάιμερ f (nósos tou Altscháimer)
• Gujarati: અલ્ઝાઇમર રોગની (aljhāimar rōgnī)
• Hebrew: מחלת אלצהיימר‎‎
• Hindi: अलजाइमर रोग m (aljā'imar rog)
• Hungarian: Alzheimer-kór (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: Alzheimer-morbo
• Irish: aicíd Alzheimer f

• Italian: morbo di Alzheimer m, Alzheimer m
• Japanese: アルツハイマー病 (Arutsuhaimā-byō)
• Khmer: ជំងឺភ្លេចភ្លាំង​ (jumngɨɨ plɨch pleang)
• Korean: 알츠하이머 병 (Alcheuhaimeo byeong)
• 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
• Telugu: మతిమరపు వ్యాధి (matimarapu vyādhi)
• Turkish: Alzheimer (tr)
• Ukrainian: хворо́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvoróba Alʹchéjmera)
• Vietnamese: bệnh Alzheimer
• Welsh: clefyd Alzheimer m

See also

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