Alzies en · NOUN
Etymology
From Alz(heimer)'s + -ie.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Alzheimer's disease.
Of course, they don't see the "other symptoms" ... just the memory and ability to think, which is 98% OK most of the time -- and I must say that's kinda' the norm for people without Alzies at this age, from what I've seen!
2007 April 14, maryle...@comcast.net, “Re: Aricept”, in alt.support.alzheimers (Usenet):