Term

Alzheimer’s disease

A disease of the brain in which a person slowly loses their memory. The doctor in the novel says it can run in families. There is no cure.

The Burning Side, Sarah Damoff

Explained in

• The Burning Side, Sarah Damoff
• The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, Justin R. Garcia

  An incurable brain disease in which memory and thinking are gradually destroyed.

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