a serious illness affecting your brain that makes it difficult for you to remember things and becomes worse as time passes. Alzheimer’s disease is often simply called Alzheimer’s.
Synonyms and related words
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Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease
noun uncountable
US /ˈɑltshaɪmərz dɪˌziz/
DEFINITIONS1
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a serious illness affecting your brain that makes it difficult for you to remember things and becomes worse as time passes. Alzheimer’s disease is often simply called Alzheimer’s.