dementia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.3 See also 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension

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Wikipedia

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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

[edit] Derived terms

• demented
• demential
• senile dementia

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• amentia
• Alzheimer's disease
• delirium

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

dementia

1. dementia

[edit] 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.