amentia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of amentia
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, equivalent to āment- ( ament 2 ) + -ia noun suffix ( -ia )
Example Sentences
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Acute miliary tuberculosis may produce the impression of a general paresis or of an amentia in Meynert's sense.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
In dementia the mental aberration does not occur until the mind has become fully developed, thus differing from amentia, which is congenital or comes on very early in life.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
Illegitimacy is, however, the larger problem in rural amentia.
From Rural Problems of Today by Groves, Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford)
Binswanger states that tuberculosis, aside from miliary tuberculosis or meningitis, produces no mental disorder except phenomena of the amentia of exhaustion.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
Nympholeptos et lymphaticos et hydrophobos vocant quos aqu� necaverunt aut amentia vel formidine exercuerunt.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
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