Dementia
21dementia — n. a chronic and progressive deterioration of behaviour and higher intellectual function due to organic brain disease. It is marked by memory disorders, changes in personality, deterioration in personal care, impaired reasoning ability, and… …
22dementia — UK [dɪˈmenʃə] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dementia : singular dementia plural dementias medical a serious illness affecting someone s brain and memory in which they gradually stop being able to think or behave in a normal way.… …
23dementia — A condition in which a person loses the ability to think, remember, learn, make decisions, and solve problems. Symptoms may also include personality changes and emotional problems. There are many causes of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease …
24dementia — noun Etymology: Latin, from dement , demens mad, from de + ment , mens mind more at mind Date: 1806 1. a usually progressive condition (as Alzheimer s disease) marked by deteriorated cognitive functioning often with emotional apathy 2. madness …
25Dementia — De|mẹn|tia 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: ti|ae [ tsjɛ:]; Med.〉 erworbene Geistesschwäche, Schwachsinn, Blödsinn; oV [Etym.: <lat. dementia »Wahnsinn«] …
26Dementia — De|men|tia die; , ...tiae [...ti̯ɛ] <aus lat. dementia »Geistesschwäche«> svw. ↑Demenz …
27dementia — de|men|tia [ dı menʃə ] noun count or uncount MEDICAL a serious illness affecting someone s brain and memory in which they gradually stop being able to think or behave in a normal way. Most forms of dementia usually affect only old people …
28dementia — [[t]dɪme̱nʃə[/t]] dementias N VAR Dementia is a serious illness of the mind. [MEDICAL] …
29dementia — noun her failing memory is not necessarily a symptom of dementia Syn: mental illness, madness, insanity, derangement, lunacy …
30dementia — de•men•tia [[t]dɪˈmɛn ʃə, ʃi ə[/t]] n. psi severely impaired memory and reasoning ability, usu. with disturbed behavior, associated with damaged brain tissue • Etymology: 1800–10; < L dēmentia madness < dē de +mēns mind + ia ia de•men′tial …
