dementias

[dih-men-shuh, -shee-uh]

de·men·tia

[dih-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; < Latin dēmentia madness, equivalent to dēment- out of one's mind (see dement) + -ia noun suffix

de·men·tial, adjective
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