| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Alzheimer's disease |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Alz·hei·mer's disease |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  älts h -m rz,  lts-, ôlts-, ôlz- |
| NOUN: | A disease marked by the loss of cognitive ability, generally over a period of 10 to 15 years, and associated with the development of abnormal tissues and protein deposits in the cerebral cortex. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German neurologist.
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