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Pick's disease

Syllabification: (Pick's dis·ease)
Pronunciation: /piks/

Definition of Pick's disease

noun

  • a rare form of progressive dementia, typically occurring in late middle age and often familial, involving localized atrophy of the brain.

Origin:

early 20th century: named after Arnold Pick (1851–1924), Bohemian neurologist

Pick's disease in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Pick's disease in the British & World English dictionary
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