dementia
Noun: 1. 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: Dementia is a broad term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is not a specific disease but a general term for symptoms affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities. 2. A condition characterized by progressive, irreversible cognitive decline: It involves the loss of cognitive functioning—thinking, remembering, and reasoning—to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities.
- Noun:
- The most common cause of dementia in older adults is Alzheimer's disease.
- Caring for a loved one with dementia can be emotionally challenging.
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with vascular dementia after a series of strokes.
- "to have/suffer from dementia": to be affected by the condition.
- Her grandfather began to suffer from dementia in his late seventies.
- "dementia care": specialized support and services for individuals with dementia.
- The facility is renowned for its excellent dementia care.
- "dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)": a specific type of dementia that shares symptoms with both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
- Visual hallucinations are a common early symptom of dementia with Lewy bodies.
- Demented (adj): suffering from dementia; (in informal, potentially offensive use) behaving irrationally due to anger or excitement.
- The clinical term is "a person with dementia," not "a demented person."
- Dement (verb, archaic): to make insane or to cause dementia. (Rarely used in modern English).
- Dementing (adj): causing dementia.
- The dementing illness progressed rapidly.
- Cognitive decline: A gradual decrease in cognitive abilities.
- Senility: An outdated and imprecise term for mental frailty in old age, often associated with dementia. (Note: This term is now considered non-specific and potentially stigmatizing).
- Neurocognitive disorder: A more modern clinical term used in some diagnostic manuals.
- "Early-onset dementia": dementia that develops before the age of 65.
- Early-onset dementia often presents unique challenges for families.
- "Dementia praecox": an obsolete historical term for what is now typically classified as schizophrenia, not dementia as currently defined.
(Note: There are no common idioms directly centered on the word "dementia" due to its clinical nature. It is typically used in medical and care contexts.)
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mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
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