visual variant of Alzheimer's diseasenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌvɪʒ.u.əl ˌveə.ri.ənt əv ˈælts.haɪ.məz dɪˌziːz/us/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl ˈver.i.ənt əv ˈæltsˌhaɪ.mɚz dɪˌziːz/also posterior cortical atrophy, Benson's syndrome specializeda condition in which the back of the brain becomes damaged, so that someone gradually becomes unable to see
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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