Alzheimer's

noun, slang

noun, slang ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Alzheimer's disease. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

    "Finding a successful treatment for Alzheimer’s faces two major hurdles: the first being we still don’t know enough about the disease’s underlying biology."

  2. 2
    a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness wordnet

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alzheimer's diseasealzheimersalzheimer's disease

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"Researchers are still a long way off from understanding the mechanism involved in Alzheimer's disease."

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