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Definition of Pick's disease in English: Pick's diseasenoun mass nounA rare form of progressive dementia, typically in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain. 皮克氏病(一种罕见的家族性疾病,通常发生于中年晚期),脑叶萎缩 Example sentencesExamples - It forms the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration, postencephalitic parkinsonism, and a handful of others.
- The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, but there are many other types, including vascular dementia and Pick's disease.
- She has a form of dementia called Pick's disease and was just diagnosed with cancer.
- Treatment, which may include medications, is directed at improving daily function and quality of life. The course of Pick's disease is an inevitable progressive deterioration.
- A variety of other degenerative diseases have been, and are being, identified as causes of dementia, including Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and Pick's disease.
OriginEarly 20th century: named after Arnold Pick (1851–1924), Bohemian neurologist. Definition of Pick's disease in US English: Pick's diseasenounˈpiks diˌzēz A rare form of progressive dementia, typically occurring in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain. 皮克氏病(一种罕见的家族性疾病,通常发生于中年晚期),脑叶萎缩 Example sentencesExamples - A variety of other degenerative diseases have been, and are being, identified as causes of dementia, including Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and Pick's disease.
- It forms the neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration, postencephalitic parkinsonism, and a handful of others.
- Treatment, which may include medications, is directed at improving daily function and quality of life. The course of Pick's disease is an inevitable progressive deterioration.
- The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, but there are many other types, including vascular dementia and Pick's disease.
- She has a form of dementia called Pick's disease and was just diagnosed with cancer.
OriginEarly 20th century: named after Arnold Pick (1851–1924), Bohemian neurologist. |