阿尔茨海默症

阿爾茨海默症
Ā'ěrcíhǎimòzhèng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Alzheimer's disease

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒ wàipó dé le Ā'ěrcíhǎimòzhèng, chángcháng bú rènshi jiārén.
My grandma has Alzheimer's and often doesn't recognize her family.
HSK 7-9
Zǎoqī fāxiàn Ā'ěrcíhǎimòzhèng, kěyǐ yánhuǎn bìngqíng de fāzhǎn.
Catching Alzheimer's early can slow the course of the disease.

Tips

usage
The most common everyday name; doctors write 阿尔茨海默病, and 症 'illness' and 病 'disease' are interchangeable here. Saying it instead of 老年痴呆症 avoids the insult in 痴呆 'idiotic'; 认知障碍 'cognitive impairment' is the broader polite term.

Stroke Order

阿 ā
尔 ěr
茨 cí
海 hǎi
默 mò
症 zhèng