dementia (Meaning)
dementia (n)
mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
dementia (n.)
Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.
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FAQs About the word dementia
mental deterioration of organic or functional originInsanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imb
schizophrenia, insanity, instability, hysteria, madness, lunacy, delusion, delirium, derangement, psychosis
rationality, mind, lucidity, lucidity, rationality, sanity, sanity,mind, reasonableness, reasonableness
My grandmother suffers from dementia, causing her to forget even the simplest of tasks.
Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory loss and cognitive decline.
Early detection of dementia can allow for interventions to slow its progression.
The caregiver struggled to cope with the demands of caring for someone with advanced dementia.
