dementia
76
6.9
- noun
- /dɪˈmɛnʃə/
- Specialized
:
demencia
- We need a paradigm shift because, with the number of people getting dementia, it may be my mom.
- stage of dementia
- end-stage dementia
- dementia patients
Why is Alzheimer's and other dementia so tricky?
- Why is Alzheimer's and other dementia so tricky?
- You also said that dementia isn't reversible.
- And apparently this form of dementia goes very slowly.
- Her cancer had been cut out, but dementia had set in.
- That is the structure that is first affected in dementia, including Alzheimer's dementia.
- And I'm not going to cure my father's dementia, Alzheimer's dementia.
- And in that time, I lost my father to dementia and he was my real hero.
- Things like dementia impact the entire family.
- My mom died last year of dementia, Alzheimer's.
- Alzheimer's, dementia, these things are very scary words to us.
- There's a huge epidemic in the western world of dementia, both Alzheimer's type and other types.
- Being lonely is a risk factor for dementia.
- Doesn't say you can't perform dementia says you can't remember.
Examples
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My grandmother had pretty serious cognitive decline and dementia, but not Alzheimer's.
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He clearly has dementia of some kind.
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And in that time, I lost my father to dementia and he was my real hero.
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Things like dementia impact the entire family.
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Some residents with dementia will have the capacity to make decisions about their needs.
Academic text (2011) -
Ten months ago, she was diagnosed with dementia, though it is still in the early stages.
Academic text (2011) -
The social workers indicated that their lack of education about dementia was a barrier.
Academic text (2011) -
She had a form of dementia for many years.
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And I'm not going to cure my father's dementia, Alzheimer's dementia.
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After her diagnosis with dementia, her family learned how to support her in daily life.
Synonyms
A serious loss of memory and thinking that makes daily life hard
Antonyms
∞
1.0
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
Compounds
- Archaic
1
6.2
Loss of memory and thinking in older people caused by gradual brain damage not from stroke
- Archaic
1
9.9
An old name for a serious mental illness like schizophrenia that causes loss of clear thinking and feeling
- Specialized
A kind of memory loss caused by many years of heavy drinking that affects recent memories but not old ones
- Archaic
A brain condition that begins before age 65 and causes memory and thinking problems
How Severe
- Specialized
21
3.7
- Specialized
76
6.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
dementia = demented (opaque) = de + ment + ia
The components (de- + ment + -ia) are Latin/medical combining forms not productive or obvious to an average B1 learner, so the meaning is not transparently derived from familiar English base words.
Etymology
Dementia comes from Latin parts de- 'without' and mens 'mind', and it shares the same root as mental. So, dementia is used for conditions where memory and thinking are affected.