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dementia
[ dih-men-shuh, -shee-uh ]
noun
- a condition characterized by progressive, persistent, severe impairment of intellectual capacity, including memory loss, confusion, and emotional instability, resulting from the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
dementia
/ -ʃɪə; dɪˈmɛnʃə /
noun
- a state of serious emotional and mental deterioration, of organic or functional origin
dementia
/ dĭ-mĕn′shə /
- Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. Dementia is caused by organic damage to the brain (as in Alzheimer's disease), head trauma, metabolic disorders, or the presence of a tumor.
Other Words From
- de·men·tial adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dementia1
Example Sentences
True, true, Thanksgrabbing behemoths like Sears and Kmart are doubling down on doorbuster dementia.
Depending on what parts of the brain are impacted, the person can develop forms of dementia and personality changes.
Later, cognitive and behavioral problems can occur; dementia is not uncommon.
Perhaps there is no better example of this than the way in which we treat our elders living with dementia.
In my opinion, it is the most inspiring film about dementia out there today.
In a certain number of cases, after the period of excitement disappears, a certain amount of dementia is noticed.
This dementia progresses until finally there is a state of almost complete obliteration of the mental faculties.
Unless we accept his conduct as the result of a momentary dementia, produced by overstrain, it must remain inexplicable.
I suspect that all things unspoken in our souls partake somewhat of the laxity of delirium and dementia.
In not a few cases there is a steady mental decline, which ends in dementia or idiocy.
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