dementia

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

Noun

dementia (usually uncountable; plural dementias)

1. (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
2. madness or insanity

Derived terms

• demented
• demential
• senile dementia

Translations

progressive decline in cognitive function

• Bulgarian: слабоумие (bg) (slaboúmie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 癡呆 (cmn), 痴呆 (cmn) (chīdāi), 失智症 (cmn) (shīzhìzhèng)

• Czech: demence (cs) f
• Danish: demens (da)
• Esperanto: demenco (eo)
• Finnish: dementia (fi)
• French: démence (fr) f
• Georgian: დემენცია (ka) (demenc'ia)
• German: Demenz (de) f

• Greek: άνοια (el) (ánoia) f
• Hungarian: elbutulás (hu)
• Japanese: 認知症 (ja) (にんちしょう, ninchishō)
• Lithuanian: silpnaprotystė (lt) f
• Persian: زوال عقل (fa) (zavâl-e 'aql)
• Polish: demencja (pl) f
• Russian: деменция (ru) (deméncija) f, слабоумие (ru) (slaboúmije) n
• Spanish: demencia (es) f
• Swedish: demens (sv) c
• Turkish: demans (tr)

madness or insanity

• Bulgarian: слабоумие (bg) (slaboúmie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘋病 (cmn), 疯病 (cmn) (fēngbìng)

• Esperanto: demenco (eo)
• French: démence (fr) f

• Greek: άνοια (el) (ánoia) f
• Hungarian: ostobaság (hu)
• Lithuanian: demencija (lt) f
• Russian: слабоумие (ru) (slaboúmije) n
• Spanish: demencia (es) f, locura (es) f

See also

• amentia
• Alzheimer's disease
• delirium

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Finnish

Noun

dementia

1. dementia

Declension

Declension of dementia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative dementia dementiat genitive dementian dementioiden dementioitten dementiain1 partitive dementiaa dementioita accusative dementia dementian dementiat inessive dementiassa dementioissa elative dementiasta dementioista illative dementiaan dementioihin adessive dementialla dementioilla ablative dementialta dementioilta allative dementialle dementioille essive dementiana dementioina translative dementiaksi dementioiksi instructive – dementioin abessive dementiatta dementioitta comitative – dementioineen 1) Rare.

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Latin

Noun

dēmentia (genitive dēmentiae); f, first declension

1. madness, insanity

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dēmentia	dēmentiae
genitive	dēmentiae	dēmentiārum
dative	dēmentiae	dēmentiīs
accusative	dēmentiam	dēmentiās
ablative	dēmentiā	dēmentiīs
vocative	dēmentia	dēmentiae

Descendants

• Russian: деме́нция (deméncija)

Adjective

dēmentia

1. nominative neuter plural of dēmēns
2. accusative neuter plural of dēmēns
3. vocative neuter plural of dēmēns