dementia

Word family verbdementatedementadjectivedementedadverbdementedlynoundementednessdementia

Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry, Illness & disability

de·men·tia /dɪˈmenʃə, -ʃiə $ -tʃə/ noun [uncountableU]

MPan illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally 痴呆

Examples from the Corpus

dementia• Specialist, separate services for dementia sufferers v Negative segregation, that is, the refusal to accept dementing people into a service.• However, dementia is seen as being specific to the elderly age groups.• This is especially so when a diagnosis of dementia blinds works to remaining skills.• Subjects - All patients with onset of dementia aged 40-64.• The admission of a tenant already showing signs of dementia requires very careful consideration in the individual case.• Interestingly, the dementia from this disease has different characteristics than the symptoms of Alzheimer's.• The vast majority, 95 percent, of deaths certified as due to dementia were among those aged 65 +.

Origin dementia

(1700-1800) Latin mens “mind”

词汇	dementia
释义	dementia Word family verbdementatedementadjectivedementedadverbdementedlynoundementednessdementia Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry, Illness & disability de·men·tia /dɪˈmenʃə, -ʃiə $ -tʃə/ noun [uncountableU] MPan illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally 痴呆 Examples from the Corpus dementia• Specialist, separate services for dementia sufferers v Negative segregation, that is, the refusal to accept dementing people into a service.• However, dementia is seen as being specific to the elderly age groups.• This is especially so when a diagnosis of dementia blinds works to remaining skills.• Subjects - All patients with onset of dementia aged 40-64.• The admission of a tenant already showing signs of dementia requires very careful consideration in the individual case.• Interestingly, the dementia from this disease has different characteristics than the symptoms of Alzheimer's.• The vast majority, 95 percent, of deaths certified as due to dementia were among those aged 65 +. Origin dementia (1700-1800) Latin mens “mind”
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