阿爾茨海默病

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: a1 re2 ce5 hai2 mig8 bên7
POJ: a-júr-tshûr-hái-mi̍k-pēⁿ
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: Alzheimer's disease
阿爾茨海默病

Highly technical medical loanword term; no dedicated medical/health category exists in the list, so it was filed under the basics.yaml catch-all.

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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