| 词汇 | alzheimer-s disease |
| 词源 | Alzheimer’s disease. Victims of this disease or syndrome af- fecting the brain cells display common symptoms of senility, such as memory loss, but Alzheimer’s disease can strike people in their 40s as well as those of more advanced age. The disease takes its name from German neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), who first identified it in about 1900. See the long goodbye and The Forgetting by David Shenk, 2006. |
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