ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Meaning of ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE in English

[ 'altshʌɪməz ]

■ noun a form of progressive mental deterioration due to generalized degeneration of the brain, occurring in middle or old age.

Origin

early 20th cent.: named after the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — noun Etymology: Alois Alzheimer died 1915 German physician Date: 1912 a degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — ˈältsˌhīmə(r)z- noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: translation of German Alzheimersche krankheit, after Alois Alzheimer died 1915 German physician : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — /ahlts"huy meuhrz, alts"-, awlts"-/ , Pathol. a common form of dementia of unknown cause, usually beginning in late middle age, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — noun Etymology: Alois Alzheimer died 1915 German physician Date: 1912 : a degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — [Alz.hei.mer's disease] n [Alois Alzheimer d. 1915 Ger. physician] (1912): a degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized esp. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — degenerative brain disorder that develops in mid- to late adult life and results in a progressive and irreversible decline in …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — Alz ‧ heim ‧ er’s dis ‧ ease /ˈæltshaɪməz dɪˌziːz $ -ərz-/ BrE AmE ( also Alzheimer’s ) noun [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — n. a serious disorder of the brain manifesting itself in premature senility . [A. Alzheimer, Ger. neurologist d. 1915]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — n. a serious disorder of the brain manifesting itself in premature senility . [ A. Alzheimer, Ger. neurologist d. 1915 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — n. a serious disorder of the brain manifesting itself in premature senility . Etymology: A. Alzheimer, Ger. neurologist d. 1915
Oxford English vocab
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE — or Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a condition in which a person’s brain gradually stops working properly. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE — or Alzheimer’s ~ is a condition in which a person’s brain gradually stops working properly. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although Alzheimer's disease is the most important cause of dementia, there are few epidemiological data …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — n. degenerative disease of the central nervous system which is characterized by dementia (mainly affects the elderly)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — Pronunciation: ' älts- ˌ h ī -m ə rz-, ' alts- Function: noun Etymology: Alois Alzheimer † 1915 German physician …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — / ˈæltshaɪməz dɪziːz; NAmE -ərz/ (also Alz·heim·er's ) noun [ U ] a serious disease, especially affecting older people, that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — noun condition where a patient suffers from presenile dementia in middle age, caused when areas of the brain atrophy, making …
English Dictionary of Medicine
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — Болезнь Альцгеймера
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — болезнь Альцгеймера (разновидность пресенильного слабоумия)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
DISEASE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISEASE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Hansen disease degenerative joint disease Addison disease Alzheimer disease Lou Gehrig disease autoimmune disease …
Английский словарь Британика
DISEASE — I. də̇ˈz]ēz, in sense 1a dəˈs] or (ˈ)di|s]\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English disese, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISEASE — — diseasedly , adv. — diseasedness , n. /di zeez"/ , n. , v. , diseased, diseasing . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER — n. family name; Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German neurologist who identified a degenerative disease of the central nervous system now known …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DISEASE — noun lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. 2. disease ·vt to deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to …
Webster English vocab
DISEASE — a harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALZHEIMER — Alzheimer BrE AmE ˈælts haɪm ə ˈælz- AmE ˈɑːlts haɪm ə r —German [ ˈʔalts haim ɐ \] ▷ Alzheimer|'s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DISEASE — / dɪˈziːz; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] 1. an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISEASE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISEASE — ( diseases) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A disease is an illness …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISEASE — [noun] - (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by …
Cambridge English vocab
DISEASE — n. brown lung disease Hansen disease degenerative joint disease Addison disease Alzheimer disease Lou Gehrig disease autoimmune disease Bright disease …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DISEASE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure , rare ▪ dangerous , serious ▪ mild ▪ acute , chronic , severe …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DISEASE — INDEX: 1. an illness 2. to have an illness 3. to start to have an illness 4. a short illness …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISEASE — n. 1 sickness, affliction, ailment, malady, illness, infection, complaint, disorder, condition, infirmity, disability, Archaic murrain, Colloq bug The colonel contracted …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease ≈ заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISEASE — disease.ogg 1. dıʹzi:z n 1. болезнь infectious disease - инфекционная болезнь disease of childhood - детская болезнь diseases of the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - black-lung disease - caisson disease - dust disease - genetic disease - incapacitating disease - notifiable disease …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - black-lung disease - caisson disease - dust disease - genetic disease - incapacitating disease - notifiable disease - occupational disease - radiation disease
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - decompression disease - occupational disease
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
DISEASE — disease сущ.болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease — заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) disease …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DISEASE — 1. dıʹzi:z n 1. болезнь infectious disease - инфекционная болезнь disease of childhood - детская болезнь diseases of the mind …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease — заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease — заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) disease — распространять …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - arthropode-borne disease - barley stripe disease - black shank disease of tobacco - cereal mosaic disease - Chagas disease - communicable disease - cytomegalic …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - arthropode-borne disease - barley stripe disease - black shank disease of tobacco - cereal mosaic disease - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DISEASE — болезнь поражать (о болезни); вызывать болезнь diseased - past part. of disease поражать (о болезни); вызывать болезнь больной, заболевший болезненный, нездоровый past part. of disease
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DISEASE — заболевание, болезнь - diarrheal disease - diarrhoeal disease - notifiable disease - occupational disease - parasitic diseases - water-based disease - water-borne disease
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
DISEASE — заболевание; болезнь - industrial disease - livestock disease - notifiable disease - occupational disease
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - disease of mind - industrial disease - mental disease - venereal disease
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
DISEASE — сущ. 1) общ. заболевание, болезнь (нарушение нормального функционирования организма человека, животного или растения) to suffer from a disease — страдать болезнью, болеть to …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease ≈ заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALZHEIMER DISEASE — Degenerative brain disorder. It occurs in middle to late adult life, destroying neurons and connections in the cerebral cortex and …
Английский словарь Британика
LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE — n. most common form of Alzheimer's disease that generally occurrs after the age of 65
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALZHEIMER SUFFERER — one who suffers from Alzheimer's disease (degenerative disease characterized by dementia, mainly affects the elderly)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALOIS ALZHEIMER — n. (1864-1915) German neurologist who identified a degenerative disease of the central nervous system now known as Alzheimer's disease
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALZHEIMER'S — see Alzheimer's disease
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALZHEIMER'S — ➡ Alzheimer's disease
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER’S — Alz ‧ heim ‧ er’s dis ‧ ease /ˈæltshaɪməz dɪˌziːz $ -ərz-/ BrE AmE ( also Alzheimer’s ) noun [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALZHEIMER’S — see Alzheimer’s disease
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALZHEIMER DISEASE — Degenerative brain disorder. It occurs in middle to late adult life, destroying neurons and connections in the cerebral cortex and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MENTAL DISORDER — any illness with significant psychological or behavioral manifestations and that is associated with either a painful or distressing symptom or …
Britannica English vocabulary
MEMORY ABNORMALITY — any of the disorders that affect the ability to remember. Disorders of memory must have been known to the ancients …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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