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Meaning of Dementia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
dɪˈmɛnʃə

Definitions

  1. 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.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Madness or insanity.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية الخرف خرف
Български деменция
Català demència
Čeština demence
Cymraeg gorffwylltra
Deutsch Demenz
Ελληνικά άνοια
Esperanto demenco
Español demencia locura
Suomi dementia
Français démence
हिन्दी मनोभ्रंश
Magyar elbutulás ostobaság
Bahasa Indonesia demensia
Íslenska heilabilun
Italiano demenza
日本語 痴呆 認知症
한국어 치매
Kurdî demans
Lietuvių demencija silpnaprotystė
Nederlands dementie
Polski demencja otępienie
Português demência insanidade loucura
Русский деме́нция слабоу́мие
Svenska demens
Türkçe demans
Українська деме́нція
Tiếng Việt mất trí

Examples

“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.”
“In recent years some clinical trials involving potential dementia drugs have had disappointing setbacks.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dementia café dementia dialytica Dementia Don dementia paralytica dementia praecox dementia pugilistica

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