"dementia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈmɛnʃə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dementia.wav Forms: dementias [plural], dementiae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dementia. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men- (think)}}, {{bor|en|la|dementia}} Latin dementia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|dementiae}} dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias or dementiae)
  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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Disability Translations (progressive decline in cognitive function): خَرَف (ḵaraf) [masculine] (Arabic), demensiya (Azerbaijani), деме́нция (deméncija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), demència [feminine] (Catalan), 癡呆 (Chinese Mandarin), 痴呆 (chīdāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 失智症 (shīzhìzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), demencya (Cornish), demence [feminine] (Czech), demens [common-gender] (Danish), dementie [feminine] (Dutch), demenco (Esperanto), dementia (Finnish), démence [feminine] (French), დემენცია (demencia) (Georgian), Demenz [feminine] (German), άνοια (ánoia) [feminine] (Greek), मनोभ्रंश (manobhrañś) (Hindi), elbutulás (Hungarian), heilabilun [feminine] (Icelandic), dementeso (Ido), néaltrú [masculine] (Irish), demenza [feminine] (Italian), 認知症 (ninchishō) (alt: にんちしょう) (Japanese), ақыл кемдігі (aqyl kemdıgı) (Kazakh), 치매 (chimae) (Korean), silpnaprotystė [feminine] (Lithuanian), mate wareware (Maori), mate korongenge (Maori), زوال عقل (zavâl-e 'aql) (Persian), دمانس (demâns) (Persian), demencja [feminine] (Polish), otępienie [neuter] (Polish), demência [feminine] (Portuguese), деме́нция (deméncija) [feminine] (Russian), слабоу́мие (slaboúmije) [neuter] (Russian), demencia [feminine] (Spanish), demens [common-gender] (Swedish), demans (Turkish), деме́нція (deméncija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), слабоу́мство (slaboúmstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), suy giảm trí nhớ (Vietnamese), chứng mất trí (Vietnamese), gorffwylltra [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. Madness or insanity. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (madness or insanity): слабоу́мие (slaboúmie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 瘋病 (Chinese Mandarin), 疯病 (fēngbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), demenco (Esperanto), démence [feminine] (French), άνοια (ánoia) [feminine] (Greek), ostobaság (Hungarian), demencija [feminine] (Lithuanian), demência [feminine] (Portuguese), insanidade [feminine] (Portuguese), loucura [feminine] (Portuguese), слабоу́мие (slaboúmije) [neuter] (Russian), demencia [feminine] (Spanish), locura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dementia-en-noun-SVWZ-Mso Disambiguation of 'madness or insanity': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: amentia, demented, demential, Alzheimer's disease, delirium

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "word": "瘋病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngbìng",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "word": "疯病"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "word": "demenco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démence"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánoia",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άνοια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "word": "ostobaság"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insanidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loucura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slaboúmije",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "слабоу́мие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "madness or insanity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "locura"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dementia"
  ],
  "word": "dementia"
}

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