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Meanings of dementia in English

Russian
деменция
Portuguese
demência
Spanish
demencias
Catalan
demència
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Long-term brain disorder causing personality changes and impaired memory, reasoning, and social function.

        деменция
        Portuguese
        insanidade
        Catalan
        demència

        Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.

              insanidade
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              Examples for "senility"
              Examples for "senility"
              1
              Nasin's more open displays of senility had a way of causing that.
              Knife of dreams
              2
              She had again dropped into the low uncertain voice of aimless senility.
              The Best British Short Stories of 1922
              3
              Longevity, and the abolition of senility, were also sought, and partially attained.
              Last and First Men
              4
              They rolled over one another, their faces contorted with a miniature senility.
              Erik Dorn
              5
              She doesn't sound like herself-didthe car accident knock her into senility?
              Within arm's reach
              Usage of dementia in English
              1
              First, most studies of incident dementia identified cases from health system records.
              Pubmed
              2
              Last week the Alzheimer's Society published its first charter on dementia-friendly technology.
              The Guardian
              3
              Main results: In the identified studies, dementia was never the primary outcome.
              Pubmed
              4
              Objective: Few studies have examined the course of coexisting dementia and depression.
              Pubmed
              5
              No relationship was seen with either type of dementia, the researchers said.
              Reuters
              6
              Without these changes, dementia care is likely to continue to fall short.
              Pubmed
              7
              Conclusion: AF is associated with higher risk of developing AD and dementia.
              Pubmed
              8
              Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia among older adults.
              Pubmed
              9
              Conclusion: Prevalence of dementia varied widely depending on diagnostic classification system used.
              Pubmed
              10
              This article considers the current state of diagnosis and treatment of dementia.
              Pubmed
              11
              Recent research on frontotemporal dementia highlights the potential value of these approaches.
              Pubmed
              12
              Frontotemporal dementia sufferers have specific problems with language, behavior, and emotional response.
              Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
              13
              Several risk factors for dementia are non-modifiable, such as genes and age.
              Pubmed
              14
              Being married could help stave off dementia, according to a new study.
              The Irish Times
              15
              Family members say Lawson is believed to show early signs of dementia.
              Ebony
              16
              Other than her dementia, she was a poster child for good health.
              Making rounds with oscar: the extraordinary gift of an ordinary ...
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              Translations for dementia
              Catalan
              demència
              Dementia through the time
              Dementia across language varieties
              New Zealand
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
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