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Pick's disease (piks)

noun

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

Etymology: after A. Pick (1851-1924), Czech physician

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