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单词 Pick's disease
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Definition of Pick's disease in English:

Pick's disease

noun
mass noun
  • A rare form of progressive dementia, typically in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It forms the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration, postencephalitic parkinsonism, and a handful of others.
    • The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, but there are many other types, including vascular dementia and Pick's disease.
    • She has a form of dementia called Pick's disease and was just diagnosed with cancer.
    • Treatment, which may include medications, is directed at improving daily function and quality of life. The course of Pick's disease is an inevitable progressive deterioration.
    • A variety of other degenerative diseases have been, and are being, identified as causes of dementia, including Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and Pick's disease.

Origin

Early 20th century: named after Arnold Pick (1851–1924), Bohemian neurologist.

 
 

Definition of Pick's disease in US English:

Pick's disease

nounˈpiks diˌzēz
  • A rare form of progressive dementia, typically occurring in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A variety of other degenerative diseases have been, and are being, identified as causes of dementia, including Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and Pick's disease.
    • It forms the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration, postencephalitic parkinsonism, and a handful of others.
    • Treatment, which may include medications, is directed at improving daily function and quality of life. The course of Pick's disease is an inevitable progressive deterioration.
    • The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, but there are many other types, including vascular dementia and Pick's disease.
    • She has a form of dementia called Pick's disease and was just diagnosed with cancer.

Origin

Early 20th century: named after Arnold Pick (1851–1924), Bohemian neurologist.

 
 
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