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Alzheimer's disease ‎(uncountable)

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

(neurology, pathology): Alzheimer's (colloquial), senile dementia (especially formerly), old timer's disease (slang, pejorative), AD (abbreviation)

mental disorder from brain tissue changes

Afrikaans: Alzheimersiekte
Arabic: أَلْزْهَايْمْر ‎(ʾalzhaymr)
Armenian: Ալցհայմերի հիվանդություն ‎(Alcʿhaymeri hivandutʿyun)
Belarusian: хваро́ба Альцге́ймера f ‎(xvaróba Alʹchjéjmjera)
Catalan: malaltia d'Alzheimer
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾茨海默病 (zh), 阿尔茨海默病 (zh) ‎(Ā'ěrcíhǎimòbìng), 阿茲海默病 (zh), 阿兹海默病 (zh) ‎(Āzīhǎimòbìng), 阿耳茨海默氏病 ‎(Ā'ěrcíhǎimòshìbìng), 老人失智症 ‎(lǎorén shīzhìzhèng), 老年痴呆症 ‎(lǎonián chīdāizhèng)
Cornish: kleves Alzheimer m
Czech: Alzheimerova choroba f
Danish: Alzheimers sygdom
Dutch: ziekte van Alzheimer, alzheimer (nl)
Esperanto: alchajmero
Finnish: Alzheimerin tauti (fi)
French: maladie d'Alzheimer (fr) f
German: Alzheimer-Krankheit (de) f, Alzheimer (de)
Greek: προγεροντική άνοια f ‎(progerontikí ánoia), νόσος του Αλτσχάιμερ f ‎(nósos tou Altscháimer)
Gujarati: અલ્ઝાઇમર રોગની ‎(aljhāimar rōgnī)
Hebrew: מחלת אלצהיימר
Hindi: अलजाइमर रोग m ‎(aljā'imar rog)
Hungarian: Alzheimer-kór (hu)
Icelandic:

Ido: Alzheimer-morbo
Irish: aicíd Alzheimer f
Italian: morbo di Alzheimer m
Japanese: アルツハイマー病 ‎(Arutsuhaimā-byō)
Khmer: ជំងឺភ្លេចភ្លាំង ‎(jumngɨɨ plɨch pleang)
Korean: 알츠하이머 병 ‎(Alcheuhaimeo byeong)
Latin: morbus Alzheimer m
Malay: Alzheimer
Norwegian:

Bokmål: Alzheimers sykdom m

Nynorsk: Alzheimers sjukdom m
Persian: بیماری آلزایمر ‎(bimâr-e Âlzâymer)
Polish: choroba Alzheimera (pl) f
Portuguese: doença de Alzheimer (pt) f, alzheimer m, mal de Alzheimer (pt) m
Romanian: boala Alzheimer f
Russian: боле́знь Альцге́ймера f ‎(boléznʹ Alʹcgéjmera), Альцге́ймер (ru) m ‎(Alʹcgéjmer)
Slovak: Alzheimerova choroba f, alzheimer m
Spanish: enfermedad de Alzheimer f, alzheimer (es) m
Swedish: Alzheimers sjukdom
Telugu: మతిమరపు వ్యాధి ‎(matimarapu vyādhi)
Turkish: Alzheimer (tr)
Ukrainian: хворо́ба Альцге́ймера f ‎(xvoróba Alʹchéjmera)
Vietnamese: bệnh Alzheimer
Welsh: clefyd Alzheimer m