Dementia

  • 61dementia praecox — demen′tia prae′cox [[t]ˈpri kɒks[/t]] n. psi schizophrenia • Etymology: 1895–1900; < NL: precocious dementia …

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  • 62dementia precox paranoid — That form of dementia in which the patient exhibits ideas of persecution and has delusions; mental disorder occurring in early life; sometimes called schizophrenia. Rasmussen v George Benz & Sons, 168 Minn 319, 321, 210 NW 75, 76 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 63dementia — noun a) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving. b) madness… …

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  • 64Dementia —    see Sutton, Tom …

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  • 65Dementia — geistiger Verfall; Demenz (fachsprachlich) * * * De|mẹn|tia 〈f.; , ti|ae [ tsjɛ:]; Med.〉 = Demenz * * * De|mẹn|tia, die; , …tiae […i̯ɛ] (Med.): Demenz. * * * De|mẹn|tia, die; , ...tiae [...i̯ɛ] ( …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 66dementia — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, craziness, daftness, dementedness, derangement, disorientation, distraction, folie, furor, insaneness, insanity, irrationality, loss of… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 67dementia — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mental deterioration, loss of one s faculties, insanity, madness; see insanity 1 , senility . See Synonym Study at insanity . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. senility, Alzheimer s Disease, compromised intellect, failing… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 68dementia — de|men|tia [dıˈmenʃə, ʃiə US tʃə] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: mens mind ] an illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 69dementia — med., vet. • demens …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 70dementia — de men·ti·a || nʃɪə n. mental impairment due to old age or illness (Medical) …

    English contemporary dictionary