pick's atrophy
1Pick's disease — piks also Pick disease pik n a dementia marked by progressive impairment of intellect and judgment and transitory aphasia, caused by progressive atrophic changes of the cerebral cortex, and usu. commencing in late middle age Pick Arnold (1851… …
2Pick's disease — [piks] n. 〚after A. Pick (1851 1924), Czech physician〛 a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability * *… …
3Pick's disease — [piks] n. [after A. Pick (1851 1924), Czech physician] a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability …
4Atrophy — Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also show atrophy. For example, atrophy of the optic nerve diminishes vision. * * * A wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body, as from… …
5Pick's disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 10034 ICD10 = ICD10|G|31|0|g|30, ICD10|F|02|0|f|00 ICD9 = ICD9|331.11 ICDO = OMIM = 172700 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = neuro eMedicineTopic = 311 MeshID = D020774 Pick’s disease, also known …
6Pick disease — A form of dementia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of social skills and changes in personality leading to impairment of intellect, memory, and language. Dementia can be defined as a loss of intellectual abilities such as… …
7Pick disease — ▪ pathology form of premature dementia caused by atrophy of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. It resembles Alzheimer disease but is much less common. Pick disease is characterized by a progressive deterioration of intellect,… …
8Pick — Arnold, Czechoslovakian psychiatrist, 1851–1924. See P. atrophy, P. bundle, P. disease. Friedel, German physician, 1867–1926. See P. bodies, under body, P. disease, P. syndrome. Ludwig, German physician, 1868–1935. See P. cell, Niemann P. cell,… …
9circumscribed cerebral atrophy — Pick disease (def. 1) …
10lobar atrophy — Pick disease (def. 1) …
