Alzheimer'snoun [ U ]
uk/ˈælts.haɪ.məz/us/ˈɑːlts.haɪ.mɚz/also Alzheimer's diseasea disease of the brain that mainly affects old people and results in the gradual loss of memory, speech, movement, and the ability to think clearly:
an Alzheimer's patient
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- amyloid plaque
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- myelin damage
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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