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dementia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēment- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēmentiabor. English dementia Borrowed from Latin dēmentia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
   • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
   • In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks. 2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN:
2. (uncountable, usually) Madness or insanity.

Forms

Deriveds

pseudodementia · dementia pugilistica · dementia paralytica · predementia · dementialike · vascular dementia · dementia infantilis · academentia · dementia café · infantile dementia · semidementia · dementia precox · antidementia · paralytic dementia · nondementia · dementia dialytica · steroid dementia · dementia praecox · senile dementia · familial British dementia · pseudopseudodementia

Relateds

demential · demented · amentia · Alzheimer's disease · delirium

Translations (56)

pt loucura (madness or insanity) · is heilabilun (progressive decline in cognitive function) · fa زوال عقل (progressive decline in cognitive function) · bg слабоу́мие (madness or insanity) · tr demans (progressive decline in cognitive function) · kk ақыл кемдігі (progressive decline in cognitive function) · cmn 癡呆 /痴呆 (progressive decline in cognitive function) · es demencia (madness or insanity) · hi मनोभ्रंश (progressive decline in cognitive function) · pt insanidade (madness or insanity) · bg деме́нция (progressive decline in cognitive function) · nl dementie (progressive decline in cognitive function) · fa دمانس (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ru деме́нция (progressive decline in cognitive function) · vi chứng mất trí (progressive decline in cognitive function) · vi suy giảm trí nhớ (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ga néaltrú (progressive decline in cognitive function) · az demensiya (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ca demència (progressive decline in cognitive function) · eo demenco (madness or insanity) · mi mate korongenge (progressive decline in cognitive function) · lt demencija (madness or insanity) · mi mate wareware (progressive decline in cognitive function) · fr démence (madness or insanity) · de Demenz (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ko 치매 (progressive decline in cognitive function) · eo demenco (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ar خَرَف (progressive decline in cognitive function) · pt demência (progressive decline in cognitive function) · da demens (progressive decline in cognitive function) · cs demence (progressive decline in cognitive function) · kw demencya (progressive decline in cognitive function) · lt silpnaprotystė (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ru слабоу́мие (madness or insanity) · es locura (madness or insanity) · pt demência (madness or insanity) · pl otępienie (progressive decline in cognitive function) · cmn 失智症 (progressive decline in cognitive function) · it demenza (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ja 認知症 (progressive decline in cognitive function) · sv demens (progressive decline in cognitive function) · io dementeso (progressive decline in cognitive function) · hu elbutulás (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ka დემენცია (progressive decline in cognitive function) · el άνοια (madness or insanity) · cy gorffwylltra (progressive decline in cognitive function) · cmn 瘋病 /疯病 (madness or insanity) · pl demencja (progressive decline in cognitive function) · hu ostobaság (madness or insanity) · fi dementia (progressive decline in cognitive function) · uk деме́нція (progressive decline in cognitive function) · uk слабоу́мство (progressive decline in cognitive function) · es demencia (progressive decline in cognitive function) · fr démence (progressive decline in cognitive function) · ru слабоу́мие (progressive decline in cognitive function) · el άνοια (progressive decline in cognitive function)