Alzheimer's disease

Meaning

Noun

A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.

Origin

Named after Alois Alzheimer (June 14, 1864 - December 19, 1915), a German neurologist who described the disease in 1906.

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