ALZHEIMERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alzheimers mean? 

• ALZHEIMERS (noun)
  The noun ALZHEIMERS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ALZHEIMERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALZHEIMERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Alzheimer's; Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimers

Hypernyms ("Alzheimers" is a kind of...):

presenile dementia (dementia with onset before the age of 65)

 Context examples 

"These antibodies seem to have cleared (out) pathological tau. Pathological tau is one of the components of these tangles that we find in the brains of patients with Alzheimers Disease," she explains.

(Researchers May Have Found Way to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)