dementia

[US]/dɪ'menʃə/
[UK]/dɪ'mɛnʃə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning

Phrases & Collocations

vascular dementia

senile dementia

Example Sentences

disorders affecting the very old, such as senile dementia

Senile dementia is a series of chronic progressive mental deterioration occurring in or pre the geratic period.

This article reviews the progress on the relationship between chronic hypoxia with cerebral hypoperfusion and presenile dementia mechanism.

Alzheimer's disease(AD)is presenile dementia,it is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system,and the mechanism of it is not clear.

Objective: To observe the effect of Dangguishaoyao Powder on Hydroxytryptamine 5 (5-HT) and dopamine (DA) of vascular dementia mice.

The research points out that smoking may cause the risk of ablepsia, brain injury in old age, Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia among old people.

a.Mental disorders: Disorientation, obvious decrease in computation ability, hypomnesia, and unresponsiveness, unable to take care of oneself.Some patients may develop a dementia syndrome.

Ms Martin's dementia interferes with her i ight and it may be co idered acceptable to override her autonomy by reference to the principle of non-maleficence - the requirement to prevent harm.

Ms Martin's dementia interferes with her insight and it may be considered acceptable to override her autonomy by reference to the principle of non-maleficence - the requirement to prevent harm.

A study in the current issue of the journal Neurology examined 911 nonagenarian Americans and found that 45 percent of the women had dementia, compared with 25 percent of the men.

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