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DEMENTIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

Synonyms:

dementedness; dementia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dementia" is a kind of...):

insanity (relatively permanent disorder of the mind)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dementia"):

alcohol amnestic disorder; alcoholic dementia; Korsakoff's psychosis; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakov's psychosis; Korsakov's syndrome; polyneuritic psychosis (dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact)

presenile dementia (dementia with onset before the age of 65)

senile dementia; senile psychosis (dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease)

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 Context examples: 

Cognitive disorders including delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders.

(Organic Mental Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A rare neurodegenerative disorder leading to dementia.

(Pick's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

The modified version of the questionnaire contains 8 features for more accurate diagnosis of MID, the vascular dementia type.

(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with developement of frontotemporal dementia.

(MIR659 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat dementia caused by Alzheimer disease.

(Memantine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

The adult form is characterized by psychotic symptoms and dementia.

(Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

While it has no known role in oncogenesis, MIR659 plays a role in the development of frontotemporal dementia.

(MIR659 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Brain tumors, infections, injuries, and dementia can also cause it.

(Aphasia, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

In a family of diseases called tauopathies, it is these tau aggregates that interfere with the proper function of brain cells, which can lead to cognitive impairment and eventually dementia.

(Pathogenic tau and cognitive impairment are precipitated by a high-salt diet, National Institutes of Health)

They are thought to reflect small blood vessel disease, and have also have been associated with dementia and other health issues in older people.

(Physical Activity May Reduce Age-Related Movement Problems, NIH)