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See also: Alzheimer's Disease

English

Etymology

Named after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), a German Category:English terms derived from German#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE neurologist who described the disease in 1906.

Pronunciation

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-/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Audio (US); [ˈæɫs.häɪ̯.mɚz dəˈziɨ̯z̊]: (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Rhymes: -iːz Category:Rhymes:English/iːz#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:Rhymes:English/iːz/5 syllables#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE

Noun

Alzheimer 's disease (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:English nouns#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:English uncountable nouns#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:English uncountable nouns#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:English multiword terms#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE Category:Pages with entries#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Pages with 1 entry#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE

(neurology Category:en:Neurology#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, pathology Category:en:Diseases#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE) 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

Translations

mental disorder from brain tissue changes

Category:Entries with translation boxes#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE

Afrikaans: AlzheimersiekteCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Arabic: أَلْزْهَايْمْر ? (ʔalzhaymr)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Requests for gender in Arabic entries#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Gulf Arabic: زَهايْمِر (zəhāymir)Category:Terms with Gulf Arabic translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE

Hijazi Arabic: زَهَايْمَر m (zahāymar)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE

Moroccan Arabic: زهيمر m (zhaymar)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Armenian: Ալցհայմերի հիվանդություն (Alcʻhaymeri hivandutʻyun)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Azerbaijani: Alzheimer xəstəliyiCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Belarusian: хваро́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvaróba Alʹchjéjmjera)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Bulgarian: алцхаймер m (alchajmer)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, бо́лест на Алцхаймер f (bólest na Alchajmer)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Catalan: malaltia d'Alzheimer fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾茨海默病 / 阿尔茨海默病 (zh) (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòbìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, 阿茲海默病 / 阿兹海默病 (zh) (Āzīhǎimòbìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, 阿耳茨海默氏病 (Ā'ěrcíhǎimòshìbìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, 老人失智症 (lǎorén shīzhìzhèng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE (proscribed), 老年痴呆症 (zh) (lǎonián chīdāizhèng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE (proscribed)
Chinook Jargon: tʼɬimin-x̣umx̣um sikCategory:Terms with Chinook Jargon translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE (Grand Ronde)
Cornish: kleves Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Czech: Alzheimerova choroba (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Danish: Alzheimers sygdom ?Category:Requests for gender in Danish entries#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Danish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Dutch: ziekte van Alzheimer (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzheimer (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Esperanto: alchajmeroCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Finnish: Alzheimerin tauti (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzheimerintautiCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
French: maladie d'Alzheimer (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Georgian: ალცჰეიმერის დაავადება (alcheimeris daavadeba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
German: Alzheimer (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, Alzheimer-Krankheit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Greek: Αλτσχάιμερ (el) n (Altscháimer)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, νόσος Αλτσχάιμερ (el) f (nósos Altscháimer)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Gujarati: અલ્ઝાઇમર રોગની ? (aljhāimar rognī)Category:Requests for gender in Gujarati entries#ALZHEIMER'S%20DISEASE Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Hebrew: מחלת אלצהיימר fCategory:Terms with Hebrew translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Hindi: अलजाइमर रोग m (aljāimar rog)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Hungarian: Alzheimer-kór (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Icelandic: Alzheimer-sjúkdómur mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Ido: Alzheimer-morboCategory:Terms with Ido translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Irish: aicíd Alzheimer fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Italian: morbo di Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Japanese: アルツハイマー病 (ja) (Arutsuhaimā-byō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Kazakh: Альцгеймер ауруы (Alsgeimer auruy)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Khmer: ជំងឺភ្លេចភ្លាំង (jumngɨɨ plɨch pleang)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Korean: 알츠하이머 병 (Alcheuhaimeo byeong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Kyrgyz: Альцгеймер оорусу (Altsgeymer oorusu)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Latin: morbus Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Lithuanian: Alzheimerio liga fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Macedonian: Алцхајме́рова бо́лест f (Alchajmérova bólest)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Malay: AlzheimerCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Alzheimers sykdom mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE

Nynorsk: Alzheimers sjukdom mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Persian: بیماری آلزایمر (bimâri-ye âlzâymer)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Polish: choroba Alzheimera (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzheimer (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Portuguese: doença de Alzheimer (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, mal de Alzheimer (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Romanian: boala Alzheimer fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Russian: боле́знь Альцге́ймера (ru) f (boléznʹ Alʹcgéjmera)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, Альцге́ймер (ru) m (Alʹcgéjmer)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Serbo-Croatian: Alzheimarova bolest fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Slovak: Alzheimerova choroba fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Spanish: enfermedad de Alzheimer (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzheimer (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, alzhéimer (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, mal de Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Swedish: alzheimer cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE, Alzheimers sjukdom (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Tajik: Бемории Алзенер (Bemori-yi Alzener)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Telugu: మతిమరపు వ్యాధి (matimarapu vyādhi)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Turkish: Alzheimer (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Ukrainian: хворо́ба Альцге́ймера f (xvoróba Alʹchéjmera)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Uzbek: Altsgeymer kasalligiCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Vietnamese: bệnh AlzheimerCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE
Welsh: clefyd Alzheimer mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#ALZHEIMERSDISEASE

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