Alzheimer

Translation of "alzheimer" into Russian

Noun

Alzheimer

Alzheimer

Informal or shortened form of “Alzheimer’s disease”.

болезнь Альцгеймера

мед.

Her grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer at the age of seventy-five.

У её дедушки в возрасте семидесяти пяти лет диагностировали болезнь Альцгеймера.

Additional translations

Альцгеймер

разг., мед. – болезнь Альцгеймера

Adjective

Alzheimer

Attributive use relating to Alzheimer’s disease, as in “Alzheimer research”.

альцгеймеровский

относящийся к болезни Альцгеймера

New Alzheimer therapies are under development.

Разрабатываются новые альцгеймеровские терапии.

Proper noun

/ˈæltshaɪmə/

/ˈæltsaɪmər/

Alzheimer

Capitalized surname of the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer.

Альцгеймер

Alzheimer discovered characteristic plaques in the patient's brain.

Альцгеймер обнаружил характерные бляшки в мозге пациентки.

Noun

Alzheimer’s disease; a progressive, irreversible neurodegenerative disorder that causes memory loss and cognitive decline.

Her grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer at the age of seventy-five.

Adjective

Relating to or characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists are making progress in Alzheimer research.

Proper noun

/ˈæltshaɪmə/

/ˈæltsaɪmər/

The surname of Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), the German neurologist and psychiatrist who first described the disease that now bears his name.

In 1906, Alzheimer presented his findings on presenile dementia.