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noun Pathology.
a common form of dementia of unknown cause, usually beginning in late middle age, characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of mental ability.
Origin:
named after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German neurologist, who described it in 1907
named after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German neurologist, who described it in 1907
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Alzheimer's disease
(senium præcox), 1912, title of article by S.C. Fuller published in "Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases;" named for Ger. neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915). Not common before 1970s; shortened form Alzheimer's first recorded 1954.
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Alzheimer's disease Alz·hei·mer's disease (älts'hī-mərz, ālts'-, ôlts'-)
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A degenerative disease of the brain, characterized by clumps of neurofibrils and microscopic brain lesions and by confusion, disorientation, memory failure, and speech disturbances, and resulting in progressive loss of mental capacity.
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Alzheimer's disease  (äls'hī-mərz) Pronunciation Key
A progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, commonly affecting the elderly, and associated with the development of amyloid plaques in the cerebral cortex. It is characterized by confusion, disorientation, memory failure, speech disturbances, and eventual dementia. The cause is unknown. Alzheimer's disease is named for its identifier, German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915). |
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