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de⋅men⋅tia

[di-men-shuh, -shee-uh]
–noun Psychiatry.
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.

Origin:
1800–10; < L dēmentia madness, equiv. to dēment- out of one's mind (see dement ) + -ia n. suffix


de⋅men⋅tial, adjective
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de·men·tia   (dĭ-měn'shə)   
n.  
  1. Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.

  2. Madness; insanity. See Synonyms at insanity.


[Latin dēmentia, madness, from dēmēns, dēment-, senseless; see dement.]
de·men'tial adj.
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Main Entry: de·men·tia
Pronunciation: di-'men-ch&
Function: noun
: a condition of deteriorated mentality that is characterized by markeddecline from the individual's former intellectual level and often by emotional apathy —compare AMENTIAde·men·tial /-ch&l/ adjective
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dementia de·men·tia (dĭ-měn'shə)
n.
Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain, and often accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes.

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